N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1984: Actions

§ 1984. Actions. In any case 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 or

employee thereof, and the provisions of section fifty-e of the general

municipal law shall govern the giving of such notice. 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.