Section 540. Actions against the authority

1. In every action against the
  authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or for
  the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, the  complaint  shall
  contain  an  allegation that at least thirty days have elapsed since the
  demand, claim or claims upon which such action is founded were presented
  to a member of the authority, or to  its  secretary,  or  to  its  chief
  executive  officer  and  that  the authority has neglected or refused to
  make an adjustment  or  payment  thereof  for  thirty  days  after  such
  presentment.
    2. An action against the authority for damages for injuries to real or
  personal  property,  or  for  the  destruction  thereof, or for personal
  injuries, alleged to have been sustained 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 intention to commence  such  action
  and  of  the  time  when  and  place  where the damages were incurred or
  sustained, together with a verified  statement  showing  in  detail  the
  property  alleged  to  have  been  damaged  or  destroyed  and the value
  thereof, or the personal injuries alleged to have been sustained and  by
  whom,  shall  have  been  filed in the principal office of the authority
  within ninety days after such cause of action shall have accrued.
    3. An action  against  the  authority  for  wrongful  death  shall  be
  commenced  in  accordance  with  the notice of claim and time limitation
  provisions of title eleven of article nine of this chapter.