New York Court of Appeals March 23, 1995 (Poirier v. City of Schenectady)

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OPINION OF THE COURT

Ciparick, J.

The Schenectady City Charter contains a provision that bars civil actions against the City for damages or injuries resulting from defective, dangerous, unsafe, obstructed or out of repair streets, sidewalks, crosswalks or similar public thoroughfares unless the injured party can demonstrate that the Schenectady Commissioner of Public Works had prior written