N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2481: Actions

* § 2481. 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.

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 authority or other officer thereof designated for

such purpose nor (b) more than one year after the cause of action

therefor shall have accrued. 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.

* NB (Disbanded March, 1980)