No civil action shall be commenced against the
Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson for damages or injuries to
persons or property sustained by reason of the defective, out-of-repair,
unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of any highway, street,
bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk or other property or lands of
the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson or of the existence of
snow or ice thereon, unless, previous to the occurrence resulting
in such damages or injuries, written notice of such defective, out-of-repair,
unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, specifying the particular
place and location, was actually given to the Village Clerk and 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.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to relieve a claimant of the obligation to serve a notice of claim
on the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson as provided in § 50-e
of the General Municipal Law.