N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1020-u*2: Actions against authority

* § 1020-u. Actions against authority. 1. In any action 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 authority or

any officer, appointee, agent or employee thereof, and the provisions of

section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving of

such notice. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against

the authority 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.

2. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the

authority founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year and

ninety days after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. An

action against the authority for wrongful death shall be commenced in

accordance with the notice of claim and time limitation provisions of

title eleven of article nine of this chapter.

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