Section 3247. Actions against the corporation

1. An action against the
  corporation for death, 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 thereof shall have accrued nor unless a notice of claim
  shall have been served on a director or the corporation  or  officer  or
  employee  thereof designated by the corporation for such purpose, within
  the time limited by, and in compliance with the requirements of  section
  fifty-e of the general municipal law.
    2.  The  venue  of  every  action,  suit or special proceeding brought
  against the corporation shall be laid in the county of Albany.
    3. Neither any director of the corporation nor any officer,  employee,
  or  agent  of  the  corporation,  while acting within the scope of their
  authority, shall be subject to any  personal  liability  resulting  from
  exercising  or  carrying  out  of  any  of the corporation's purposes or
  powers.