N.Y. CVP Law § 208-A

§ 208-a. In custody at time of cause of action. Notwithstanding any\nprovisions of law that impose a period of limitation to the contrary or\nany provisions of any other law pertaining to the filing of a notice of\nclaim or a notice of intention to file a claim as a condition precedent\nto commencement of an action or special proceeding, with respect to all\ncivil claims or causes of action brought by any person to recover\ndamages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition\nsuffered while under the jurisdiction and in the care and custody or\nsupervision of: the state department of corrections and community\nsupervision, except a person under community supervision as defined in\nsubdivision thirty-one of section two of the correction law, a hospital\nas defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the correction\nlaw, a correctional facility as defined in subdivision three of section\nforty of the correction law, a local correctional facility as defined in\nsubdivision two of section forty of the correction law, or an alternate\ncorrectional facility as defined in subdivision one of section\neighty-seven of the correction law, the time in which such action must\ncommence shall have the full benefit of the limitations period provided\nin the relevant section of law and, in addition, shall have a two-year\nwindow following the date of the person's release from the relevant\nperiod of custody within which to commence an action based on such\ninjury or condition. For any claim that would have been time-barred but\nfor the application of this section, no notice of claim or notice of\nintention to file a claim shall be required as a condition precedent to\nthe commencement of such action or special proceeding. This exemption\nshall not apply to any claim that was timely under the otherwise\napplicable statute of limitations.\n