Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court correctly determined that the defendant New York City Housing Authority had no duty to protect the plaintiff from a mugging on an exterior public walkway within the confines of a housing project (see, Allen v. New York City Hous. Auth., 203 A.D.2d 313; Matter of Sanchez v. New York City Hous. Auth., 194 A.D.2d 613). Sullivan, J.P., Rosenblatt, Altman, Hart and Friedmann, JJ., concur.