N.Y. Local Finance Law § 85.10: Notice of claim

§ 85.10 Notice of claim. No act shall be done or action or special

proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained seeking to apply or enforce

against the municipality or any covered organization, or their funds,

property, receivables or revenues, any order, judgment, lien, set-off or

counterclaim relating to any contract, debt or obligation, direct or

indirect, of the municipality, including but not limited to any bond,

note or other evidence of indebtedness, or seeking the assessment, levy

or collection of taxes by or for the municipality or the application of

any funds, property, receivables or revenues of the municipality or any

covered organization, unless: (a) payment by the municipality or covered

organization in connection with such contract, debt or obligation is due

or overdue; and (b) a demand for payment shall have been made and served

upon the municipality, in compliance with section 85.20 of this title,

and thirty days shall have elapsed since the service of such demand; and

(c) any complaint, petition or other moving paper seeking any relief as

aforesaid shall contain an allegation that at least thirty days have

elapsed since the service of such demand and that adjustment or payment

has been neglected or refused.