N.Y. General Business Law § 342-c: Tolling of the period of limitations by proceedings of the United States

§ 342-c. Tolling of the period of limitations by proceedings of the

United States. Whenever any civil or criminal proceeding is instituted

by the federal government to prevent, restrain, or punish violations of

the federal antitrust laws, the running of the period of limitations in

respect of every right of action arising under sections three hundred

forty, three hundred forty-two and three hundred forty-two-a of this

article, based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in the

federal proceeding, shall be suspended during the pendency of said

proceeding and for one year thereafter; provided, however, that whenever

the running of the period of limitations in respect of a right of action

arising under sections three hundred forty, three hundred forty-two or

three hundred forty-two-a of this article is suspended hereunder, any

action to enforce such right of action shall be forever barred unless

commenced either within the period of suspension or within the period of

limitations otherwise prescribed in this article.