N.Y. Transportation Law § 62-a: Actions against authority

§ 62-a. Actions against authority. Except in an action for wrongful

death, no action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained

against the authority, its members, officers, or employees for personal

injury or damage to real or personal property alleged to have been

sustained by reason of the negligence or wrongful act of the authority

or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, unless (i) a

notice of claim shall have been made and served upon the authority

within the time limit by and in compliance with section fifty-e of the

general municipal law, (ii) it shall appear by and as an allegation in

the complaint or moving papers that at least thirty days have elapsed

since the service of such notice and that adjustment or payment thereof

has been neglected or refused, and (iii) the action or special

proceeding shall be commenced within one year and ninety days after the

happening of the event upon which the claim is based. 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 the public authorities law.