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.