N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1199-ooo: Actions against the authority

§ 1199-ooo. Actions against the authority. 1. No action or proceeding

shall be prosecuted or maintained against the authority for personal

injury or damage to real or personal property alleged to have been

sustained by reason of the negligence or wrongful act of the authority

or any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, unless:

(a) a notice of claim shall have been made and served upon the

authority within the time limit prescribed by and in compliance with

section fifty-e of the general municipal law;

(b) it shall appear by and as an allegation in the complaint or moving

papers that at least thirty days have elapsed since the service of such

notice and that adjustment or payment thereof has been neglected or

refused; and

(c) the action or proceeding shall be commenced within one year and

ninety days after the happening of the event upon which the claim is

based. Venue of any such action shall be in the county.

2. Wherever a notice of claim is served upon the authority, it shall

have the right to demand an examination of the claimant relative to the

occurrence and extent of the injuries or damages for which claim is

made, in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-h of the

general municipal law.

3. The authority may require any person presenting for settlement an

account or claim for any cause whatever against the authority to be

sworn before a member, counsel, or an attorney, officer or employee

thereof designated for such purpose, concerning such account or claim

and when so sworn, to answer orally as to any facts relative to such

account or claim. The authority shall have power to settle or adjust all

claims in favor of or against the authority.

4. The rate of interest to be paid by the authority upon any judgment

for which it is liable, other than a judgment against the authority on

bonds, shall be the rate prescribed by section three-a of the general

municipal law. Interest on payments of principal or interest on any

bonds in default shall accrue at the rate or rates set forth in such

bonds from the due date thereof until paid or otherwise satisfied.