Hairston v. New York City Housing Authority

—In an action to recover damages for wrongful death, the defendant New York City Housing Authority appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Price, J.), dated March 6, 1996, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

*475Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, the complaint is dismissed insofar as asserted against the defendant New York City Housing Authority, and the action against the remaining defendant is severed.

On February 17, 1994, the plaintiffs decedent, George M.…