Montesano v. New York City Housing Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sullivan, J.

This appeal, from the denial of defendant’s motion for a change of venue from Bronx County to New York County, presents the issue, the subject of a long-simmering dispute, of whether the area known as Marble Hill is legally part of New York County, as defendant contends, or Bronx County, as plaintiff argues.

Plaintiff commenced this action in November 2005 for personal injuries allegedly suffered on May 7, 2005 when she fell while descending a defective interior staircase in her apartment building at 5480 Broadway, in New York City, part of a housing complex…