N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2416: Actions

§ 2416. 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 agency 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.

Except in an action for wrongful death, no action shall be commenced

(a) prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the

demand, claim or claims upon which the action is founded were presented

to a director of the agency or other officer thereof designated for such

purpose nor (b) more than one year and ninety days after the cause of

action therefor shall have accrued. An action against the agency 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.