NYC Administrative Code

§ 7-211 — Personal injury and property damage liability insurance.

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What is NYC AC § 7-211?

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This section requires owners of real property, excluding public corporations and state or federal agencies, to maintain personal injury and property damage liability insurance for injuries or damages caused by unsafe sidewalk conditions. The city disclaims liability for non-compliance. Applies to building owners responsible for sidewalk safety.

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§ 7-211 Personal injury and property damage liability insurance.

AC § 7-211

An owner of real property, other than a public corporation as defined in section sixty-six of the general construction law or a state or federal agency or instrumentality, to which subdivision b of section 7-210 of this code applies, shall be required to have a policy of personal injury and property damage liability insurance for such property for liability for any injury to property or personal injury, including death, proximately caused by the failure of such owner to maintain the sidewalk abutting such property in a reasonably safe condition. The city shall not be liable for any injury to property or personal injury, including death, as a result of the failure of an owner to comply with this section. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2003/054.

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