N.Y. Public Officers Law § 72: Notices and reports of claims, suits or causes of action to be given to the attorney-general

§ 72. Notices and reports of claims, suits or causes of action to be

given to the attorney-general. 1. Every officer, clerk, agent or

employee of any department of the state government, who shall have

knowledge of any accident or injury to the person or property of any

person or corporation, on account of which there arises or may arise a

claim, suit or cause of action against the state, or of any accident or

injury to property owned by the state, on account of which there arises

or may arise a claim, suit or cause of action in favor of the state,

shall immediately give notice thereof to the officer or employee in

charge of his bureau or department.

2. Every department, commission, board or officer, or the person in

charge thereof, who has knowledge that a claim has accrued or may have

accrued or made either against, or in favor of, the state, or of any

accident or injury to the person or property of any person or

corporation, or of the state on account of which there arises or may

arise a claim, suit or cause of action against, or in favor of, the

state, or an officer thereof, shall immediately give notice to the

attorney-general, stating the time when, and the place where, such

claim, suit or cause of action may have arisen, and the nature of the

same, and such other information and evidence as the attorney-general

may direct or deem necessary. The attorney-general shall make such

investigation of the facts, relating to any matter so reported, as he

may deem necessary.