N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 45: Notice to employers

§ 45. Notice to employers. The employer to whom notice of death or

disability is to be given, or against whom claim is to be made by the

employee, shall be the employer who last employed the employee in the

employment to the nature of which the disease was due and such notice

and claim shall be deemed seasonable as against prior employers. The

requirements as to notice as to occupational disease and death resulting

therefrom shall be the same as required in section eighteen of this

chapter, except that the notice shall be given to the employer within

two years after the disablement or after the claimant knew or should

have known that the disease is due to the nature of the employment,

whichever is the later date.