N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2622: Actions

§ 2622. Actions. 1. 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.

2. 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 member of the authority 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 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.

3. The venue of any action or proceeding against the authority or its

members, officers, employees or agents, or in which any question arises

as to the validity of any section of this act, shall be laid in the

county in which the principal office of the authority is located.

4. Notwithstanding subdivision three of this section, exclusive

jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of claims to hear and

determine any claim of any person brought hereafter against the

authority to recover damages for injuries to property or for personal

injury arising out of the operation by the authority of any

participating olympic facility owned by the state or of the Belleayre

Mountain ski center or of the Gore mountain ski center, in the same

manner and to the extent provided and subject to the provisions of the

court of claims act with respect to claims against the state, and to

make awards and render judgments therefor. The payment of awards and

judgments for any such claims brought in the supreme court pursuant to

this title or in the court of claims shall be made from appropriations

for judgments against the state pursuant to section twenty of the court

of claims act.