N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 61-a: Actions

§ 61-a. Actions. Except in an action for wrongful death, in any case

founded upon tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition

precedent to the commencement of an action or special proceeding against

the agency, any of its subsidiary corporations, or any officer,

appointee or employee thereof, and the provisions of section fifty-e of

the general municipal law shall govern the giving of such notice. No

such action shall be commenced more than one year and ninety days after

the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. An action for wrongful

death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim and time

limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of the public

authorities law.