N.Y. General Municipal Law § 50: Cause of action not barred

§ 50. Cause of action not barred. A cause of action in law or equity

against any municipality in the state of New York, or its proper

officers, arising from the action of such municipality in derogation of

its previous grant or covenant, where a previous action shall not have

succeeded, in whole or in part, owing to the failure of the said

municipality to produce or prove certain written evidence, which was

essential to the plaintiff's claim, shall not be barred by the operation

of the statutes limiting the time for the enforcement of civil remedies

in favor of the successor in interest to the person entitled to any

benefit or damages by reason of such grant, covenant or action of said

municipality.