Section 6280. Actions against fund

(a) Except in an action for wrongful
  death, an action against the fund for personal injury or property damage
  or founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year and  ninety
  days after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a
  notice  of  claim  shall  have  been  served on a trustee of the fund or
  officer or employee thereof designated by the  fund  for  such  purpose,
  within  the time limited by, and in compliance with the requirements of,
  section fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action against the fund
  for wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the  notice  of
  claim  and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of
  the public authorities law.
    (b) The venue of every action,  suit  or  special  proceeding  brought
  against  the  fund  shall  be  laid  in the county in which the cause of
  action arose for all claims which arise within the city of New York,  or
  in the county of New York.
    (c)  Neither  any  trustee  of  the fund nor any officer, employee, or
  agent of the fund, while acting within the scope of his authority, shall
  be subject to any personal liability resulting  from  the  providing  of
  facilities  for  the  city  university  or  from  any  other exercise or
  carrying out of any of the fund's purposes or powers.
    (d) Upon an appeal taken by the city university construction  fund  in
  any action or other proceeding to which the fund is a party, the service
  of  notice  of  appeal  shall  perfect  the  appeal  and  shall stay the
  execution of the judgment or order appealed from without any undertaking
  or other security being furnished by the fund.
    (e) No provision of this article shall be construed as a  defense  and
  indemnification  provision within the meaning of section eighteen of the
  public officers law or any other similar law or as otherwise  precluding
  any  employee, as defined in said section of the public officers law, of
  the fund from recourse to the provisions thereof.