Tavis v. 885 Third Avenue Corp.

*692Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert D. Lippmann, J.), entered August 23, 2006, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, sua sponte dismissed the complaint as against defendant 885 Third Avenue Corporation (885), unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the complaint reinstated as against said defendant.

Defendant 885 was not entitled to summary judgment. As the owner of the staircases leading down to the subway station located at 53rd Street and Third Avenue, 885 owed a duty of reasonable care to keep the staircases safe (see Tagle v Jakob, 97 NY2d 165,…