The municipal defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that there was no special relationship between the parties. "For there to be special relationship-based liability, a municipality's agent must be clearly on notice of palpable danger" (Kovit v Estate of Hallums,
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