N.Y. Public Authorities Law Section 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 General Municipal Law § 50-E (Notice of claim)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 9 (General Provisions)article nine of this chapter.

Source: Section 889 — Actions against authority, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBA/889 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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