NY Town L § 65-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 65-A - Liability of Towns and Town Superintendents of Highways in Certain Actions.

§  65-a.  Liability  of  towns and town superintendents of highways in   certain actions. 1. No civil action shall be maintained against any town   or town superintendent of highways for damages or injuries to person  or   property  sustained  by  reason  of any highway, bridge or culvert being   defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless written   notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed  condition  of   such  highway, bridge or culvert was actually given to the town clerk or   town superintendent of highways, and that there was a failure or neglect   within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice  to  repair  or   remove  the  defect,  danger  or  obstruction  complained of, or, in the   absence of such notice, unless  such  defective,  unsafe,  dangerous  or   obstructed  condition  existed for so long a period that the same should   have been discovered and remedied in the exercise of reasonable care and   diligence; but no  such  action  shall  be  maintained  for  damages  or   injuries  to  person  or property sustained solely in consequence of the   existence of snow or ice upon any highway,  bridge  or  culvert,  unless   written  notice  thereof,  specifying the particular place, was actually   given to the town clerk or town superintendent of highways and there was   a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed, or to make   the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time  after  the   receipt of such notice.2.  No  civil  action  shall  be  maintained  against any town or town   superintendent of highways for damages or injuries to person or property   sustained by reason of any defect in its sidewalks or in consequence  of   the  existence  of  snow  or  ice upon any of its sidewalks, unless such   sidewalks have been constructed or are maintained by  the  town  or  the   superintendent  of  highways  of the town pursuant to statute, nor shall   any action be maintained for damages or injuries to person  or  property   sustained  by  reason of such defect or in consequence of such existence   of snow or ice unless written notice thereof, specifying the  particular   place,   was   actually   given  to  the  town  clerk  or  to  the  town   superintendent of highways, and there was a failure or neglect to  cause   such  defect  to be remedied, such snow or ice to be removed, or to make   the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time  after  the   receipt of such notice.3.  The  town  superintendent of highways shall transmit in writing to   the town clerk within ten days after the  receipt  thereof  all  written   notices received by him pursuant to this section.4.  The  town  clerk  of  each town shall keep an indexed record, in a   separate book, of all written notices which  he  shall  receive  of  the   existence  of  a defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition in   or upon, or of an accumulation of ice or snow  upon  any  town  highway,   bridge,  culvert  or  sidewalk,  which  record  shall  state the date of   receipt of the notice, the nature and location of the  condition  stated   to exist, and the name and address of the person from whom the notice is   received.  All  such  written  notices shall be indexed according to the   location of the  alleged  defective,  unsafe,  dangerous  or  obstructed   condition,  or  the  location  of accumulated snow or ice. The record of   each notice shall be preserved for a period of five years after the date   it is received.