N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 41.29: Liability of local government

§ 41.29 Liability of local government.

Any local government which has established a local governmental unit

shall save harmless and protect the members of the board and officers

and employees of such unit from financial loss arising out of any claim,

demand, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act

resulting in accidental bodily harm or injury to any person, provided

such board member, officer, or employee at the time of the accident or

injury was acting in the discharge of his duties within the scope of his

employment under this article. No action shall be maintained under this

section against such a local government, board member, officer, or

employee unless a notice of claim shall have been made and served in

compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal law. Except in

an action for wrongful death, an action against such a local government,

board member, officer, or employee for damages for injuries to real or

personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for personal

injuries, alleged to have been sustained, shall not be commenced more

than one year and ninety days after the cause of action therefor shall

have accrued.