N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1561: Actions against the authority

* § 1561. Actions against the authority. 1. In every action against

the authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or

for the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries or death, the

complaint shall contain an allegation that at least ninety days have

elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which such action is

founded were presented to a member of the authority, or to its

secretary, or to its chief executive officer and that the authority has

neglected or refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for ninety

days after such presentment.

2. An action against the authority for damages for injuries to real or

personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for personal

injuries or death, alleged to have been sustained, shall not be

commenced more than one year after the cause of action therefor shall

have accrued, nor unless a notice of intention to commence such action

and of the time when and place where the damages or personal injuries or

death were incurred or sustained, together with a verified statement

showing in detail the property alleged to have been damaged or destroyed

and the value thereof, or the personal injuries alleged to have been

sustained and by whom, shall have been filed with the secretary of the

authority in the principal office of the authority within six months

after such cause of action shall have accrued.

* NB Dissolved December 1977

* NB There are 2 § 1561's