DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A municipality which has enacted a prior written notice statute may not be subjected to liability for personal injuries resulting from an improperly-maintained sidewalk, unless it received actual written notice of the dangerous condition, its affirmative act of negligence proximately caused the accident, or a special use confers a special benefit to the municipality (see Amabile v. City of Buffalo, 93 N.Y.2d 471). Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the "special letter" dated May 22, 1990, did not constitute prior written notice to satisfy Town Code of the Town of North Hempstead § 26-1, as it failed to identify the particular defect which needed repair (see Camenson v. Town of North Hempstead, 298 A.D.2d 543 [decided herewith]; James v. City of New Rochelle, 282 A.D.2d 503; Roth v. Town of N. Hempstead, 273 A.D.2d 215). Moreover, there is no evidence that the defendant created the condition complained of through any affirmative act of negligence, or that a special use conferred a special benefit upon the defendant (see Roth v. Town of N. Hempstead, supra).
FEUERSTEIN, J.P., McGINITY, LUCIANO and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.