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Former longtime New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney is suing a former Upper East Side constituent and the Big Apple for over $1 million — claiming an icy sidewalk slip-and-fall sent her to the hospital last winter, The Post has learned.
Maloney, who repped the silk-stocking district in Congress for 30 years, says she was walking by a multi-million dollar Carnegie Hill townhouse on the morning of Feb. 18 when she slipped on snow and ice, according to new court papers.
That nasty fall allegedly left the 79-year-old with a fractured shoulder — which needed an ambulance, hospitalization and surgery, Maloney’s notice of claim states.
Maloney’s injuries were so severe that she was left with “permanent and significant functional disabilities and limitations,” lost wages and loss of “future earnings,” the court document details.
She blames both the townhouse owners — who purchased the 3,200-square-foot single-family home in 2018 for nearly $6 million — and the city for the “dangerous, defective, and unsafe condition” of the sidewalk, according to the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed last week.
Homeowner Mary Quinn told The Post over the phone that she didn’t recall seeing the longtime rep sprawled out at the foot of her townhouse back in February.
Quinn also said she had no reaction to being sued by her former congresswoman since she hadn’t seen the lawsuit herself yet.
But it might be taxpayers, not Quinn, who’ll be on the hook for the former pol’s litigation — thanks to the city’s special sidewalk laws.
Most properties like apartment and commercial buildings, are fully liable for sidewalk injury lawsuits, and all city building owners are responsible for clearing snow and ice from sidewalks abutting their property.
But owner-occupied 1-3 family homes — like the townhouse where Maloney allegedly spilled — have a special exemption from civil liability, according to city law.
That means the nearly $6 million mansion could get a pass over the allegedly icy sidewalk, with taxpayers possibly writing yet another check to the former congresswoman, who was in office for three decades.
Maloney’s public service ended after new maps from the 2020 census merged the Upper East Side with the Upper West Side into a single district, losing in a brutal contest with rival Jerry Nadler.
Her attorney Anthony Zullo declined to comment, saying it was too early in the process to say anything.