No civil action shall be maintained against
the Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff for damages or injuries to person
or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge,
culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk, steps, stairs or stairways being defective,
out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, or for damages or
injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of
the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, steps,
stairs or stairways, 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 the place to be otherwise
made reasonably safe.
Nothing herein contained shall be held to revive
any claim or cause of action now barred by an existing requirement
or statute of limitations nor to waive any existing limitation now
applicable to any claim or cause of action against the Incorporated
Village of Sea Cliff.