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      "text": "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner of real property abutting any sidewalk, including, but not limited to, the intersection quadrant for corner property, shall be liable for any injury to property or personal injury, including death, proximately caused by the failure of such owner to maintain such sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition. Failure to maintain such sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition shall include, but not be limited to, the negligent failure to install, construct, reconstruct, repave, repair or replace defective sidewalk flags and the negligent failure to remove snow, ice, dirt or other material from the sidewalk."
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      "Effective date (September 14, 2003) compared with Zorin v City of New York, 2016 NY Slip Op 02078, and Harakidas v City of New York, 2011 NY Slip Op 06093.",
      "Searched on 2026-09-29 for 2025 and 2026 amendments to § 7-210; none found."
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