Pursuant to Article 6, § 6-628 of the New York State Village
Law, no civil action shall be maintained against the Village for damages or
injuries to persons or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway,
bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe,
dangerous or obstructed or for damages or injuries to persons or property
solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk, crosswalk,
street, highway, bridge or culvert unless written notice of the
defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or of the existence of
snow or ice, relating to the particular place, was actually given to the Village
Clerk and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the
receipt of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction
complained of, or to cause the snow or ice to be removed or to make the place
otherwise safe.