Big Apple Pothole & Sidewalk Protection Committee, Inc. v. Ameruso

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stanley S. Ostrau, J.

This is an application in the nature of mandamus to direct respondent Commissioner of Transportation of the City of New York to accept and file certain notices of defective conditions on . the streets, highways, bridges, wharfs, culverts, curves, sidewalks and crosswalks of this city.

The petitioner is a not-for-profit corporation formed to protect residents against the dangers and hazards of streets, highways and other thoroughfares that are “out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed.” The corporation was formed in response to the local law,…