N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 889: Actions against authority

§ 889. Actions against authority. 1. In any case founded upon a 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. 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.

2. 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.