New York City Defective Sidewalk Accident Lawyers

With miles and miles of sidewalks in the New York City area, it is common to see various defective conditions on sidewalks which can be dangerous for pedestrians. Throughout Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, and Staten Island, you may see height differentials between sidewalk flags, broken expansion joints, holes, cracks, crevices, and similar defects. Under the law in New York known as Administrative Code 7-210, an adjacent property owner is responsible for a defective sidewalk that abuts his or her property. This simply means that if the sidewalk defect is in front of the property or adjoins the property on the...

03 February

0 Comments

Sticky

Falling Debris Accidents Pose Serious Threats to NYC Pedestrian Safety

Posted by Arkady

in Accident Injuries, Accidents, Ceiling Collapses, Construction Accidents

Falling Debris Accidents lawyer new york

Falling Debris Accidents Pose Serious Threat to NYC Pedestrian Safety For decades, most New York City pedestrians have assumed that being hit by a vehicle while crossing the street was the biggest danger they faced. Unfortunately, the December 2019 death of New York City architect Erica L. Tishman put everyone on notice that falling building debris can suddenly take the life of any pedestrian. Ms. Tishman was walking near her office on the southeast corner of 49th Street and Seventh Avenue when a piece of loose terra cotta fell from a building – hitting her on the head and killing her. As...

pedestrians Tag

New York City Defective Sidewalk Accident Lawyers

Falling Debris Accidents Pose Serious Threats to NYC Pedestrian Safety