N.Y. PBA Law § 2416
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Actions
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§ 2416. Actions. In any case founded upon tort a notice of claim shall\nbe required as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or\nspecial proceeding against the agency or any officer, appointee or\nemployee thereof, and the provisions of section fifty-e of the general\nmunicipal law shall govern the giving of such notice.\n Except in an action for wrongful death, no action shall be commenced\n(a) prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the\ndemand, claim or claims upon which the action is founded were presented\nto a director of the agency or other officer thereof designated for such\npurpose nor (b) more than one year and ninety days after the cause of\naction therefor shall have accrued. An action against the agency for\nwrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim\nand time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of this\nchapter.\n
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