Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendant's motion is granted.
A defendant who moves for summary judgment in a slip-and-fall action has the initial burden of demonstrating that it neither created the hazardous condition nor had actual or constructive notice of its existence for a sufficient length of time to discover and remedy it (see Sloane v Costco Wholesale Corp.,
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