N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1021-m: Actions against the authority

§ 1021-m. Actions against the authority. 1. Any action, suit or

proceeding to which the authority may be a party in which any question

arises as to the validity of this title or the valuation of stock or

assets acquired by the authority by the exercise of the power of eminent

domain shall be preferred over all other civil causes in all courts of

the state, except election matters, and shall be heard and determined in

preference to all other civil business pending therein, except election

matters, irrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference

shall be granted upon application of counsel to the authority in any

action or proceeding questioning the validity of this title or the

valuation of stock or assets acquired by the authority by the exercise

of the power of eminent domain in which such counsel may be allowed to

intervene. The venue of any such action or proceeding shall be laid in

the supreme court pursuant to article five of the civil practice law and

rules.

2. In the event any party shall appeal an award of compensation for

the taking by the authority of stock or assets, such party shall post a

bond in such amount, if any, as the supreme court shall deem appropriate

to adequately protect the interests of the other party under all the

circumstances.

3. An action against the authority founded on tort shall be commenced

in compliance with all the requirements of section fifty-e of the

general municipal law, except that an action against the authority for

wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the provisions of

title eleven of article nine of this chapter. 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.