N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 841: Actions against authority

§ 841. Actions against authority. 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

and the provisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall

apply.

2. 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, nor unless a notice of intention to commence such action

and of the time when and place where the damages 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 in the principal office of the authority

within ninety days after such cause of action shall have accrued.

3. 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.