What Should I Do If Injured in a Public Area in New York City? – David Resnick & Associates, P.C.

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0:000 seconds if you're injured in a public place it's very important to determine uh who owns the property that you're on now if
0:077 seconds you're injured on a New York City sidewalk the first thing you need to do is see what is the sidewalk in front of or next to if the sidewalk is in front
0:1616 seconds of a residential home it's most likely the city of New York is going to be responsible for that sidewalk if you're injured in front of a big commercial
0:2424 seconds building or a big apartment house or a storefront then it's more likely that the owners of that particular property are going to be responsible for maintaining the storefront if you're
0:3232 seconds injured in a park it's likely that city of New York owns the park and we would be suing the city if you're injured in
0:4040 seconds uh a New York City Housing residence or on the property of a New York City Housing residence we would sue uh the
0:4646 seconds New York City Housing Authority um if you're injured in a supermarket obviously we'd have to figure out who owns the supermarket it wouldn't be the
0:5454 seconds property owner but it would be the actual Supermarket uh that we would make a case against