N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1372: Actions against authority

§ 1372. Actions against authority. In any case founded upon a tort,

except an action for wrongful death, a notice of claim shall be required

as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or special

proceeding against the authority and the provisions of section fifty-e

of the general municipal law shall apply. 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. 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.