Section 6-628 of the Village Law, as it applies to the Village of Endicott, is hereby amended to read as follows:
§ 6-628. Liability of Village in certain actions.
No civil action shall be brought or maintained against the Village of Endicott for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed or in consequence of the existence or accumulation of snow or ice upon any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk unless written notice of the existence of such condition relating to the particular place had theretofore actually been given to the Village Clerk of the Village of Endicott and there had been a failure or neglect on the part of said Village to cause such condition to be corrected or such snow or ice to be removed or the place otherwise made reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall be held to revive any claim or cause of action now barred by any existing requirement or statute of limitations nor to waive any existing limitation now applicable to any claim or cause of action against the Village of Endicott.
[Added 7-21-2025 by L.L. No. 3-2025]
For purposes of this article, the notice of defect must be a written physical hard copy. Notice of defect submitted via email, the Village's website, any service, website or application the Village uses to allow the public to submit reports or service requests to the Village, comments on a social media page maintained by the Village, or any other electronic means shall not satisfy the process and procedure for submitting written notice of defect required by this article.