N.Y. Correction Law Section 24
Civil actions against department personnel

1.

No civil action shall be brought in any court of the state, except by the attorney general on behalf of the state, against any officer or employee of the department, which for purposes of this section shall include members of the state board of parole, in his or her personal capacity, for damages arising out of any act done or the failure to perform any act within the scope of the employment and in the discharge of the duties by such officer or employee.

2.

Any claim for damages arising out of any act done or the failure to perform any act within the scope of the employment and in the discharge of the duties of any officer or employee of the department shall be brought and maintained in the court of claims as a claim against the state.

3.

This section shall apply with respect to claims arising on or after the effective date of this section.

Source: Section 24 — Civil actions against department personnel, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/COR/24 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Sep. 22, 2014

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