N.Y. PBO Law § 72

§ 72. Notices and reports of claims, suits or causes of action to be\ngiven to the attorney-general. 1. Every officer, clerk, agent or\nemployee of any department of the state government, who shall have\nknowledge of any accident or injury to the person or property of any\nperson or corporation, on account of which there arises or may arise a\nclaim, suit or cause of action against the state, or of any accident or\ninjury to property owned by the state, on account of which there arises\nor may arise a claim, suit or cause of action in favor of the state,\nshall immediately give notice thereof to the officer or employee in\ncharge of his bureau or department.\n 2. Every department, commission, board or officer, or the person in\ncharge thereof, who has knowledge that a claim has accrued or may have\naccrued or made either against, or in favor of, the state, or of any\naccident or injury to the person or property of any person or\ncorporation, or of the state on account of which there arises or may\narise a claim, suit or cause of action against, or in favor of, the\nstate, or an officer thereof, shall immediately give notice to the\nattorney-general, stating the time when, and the place where, such\nclaim, suit or cause of action may have arisen, and the nature of the\nsame, and such other information and evidence as the attorney-general\nmay direct or deem necessary. The attorney-general shall make such\ninvestigation of the facts, relating to any matter so reported, as he\nmay deem necessary.\n