Section 587. Actions against the authority  


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  • 1. In a case founded upon tort,
      a notice of claim shall be required as  a  condition  precedent  to  the
      commencement of an action or special proceeding against the authority or
      any officer, appointee, agent or employee thereof, and the provisions of
      section  fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving of
      such notice.
        2. Except in an action  for  wrongful  death,  no  action  or  special
      proceeding  shall  be commenced more than one year and ninety days after
      the cause of action therefor shall have  accrued,  nor  until  at  least
      thirty  days  have  elapsed since the notice of claim referred to in the
      preceding  subdivision  was  so  served  upon  the  authority,  and  the
      complaint  or  petition  in  any such action or special proceeding shall
      contain an affirmative allegation to that effect and  must  also  allege
      that  the  authority  has  neglected or refused to make an adjustment or
      payment of such claim or otherwise satisfy  the  same  for  thirty  days
      after  such  service. 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.
        3.  All actions by or against the authority of whatsoever nature shall
      be brought in the county or where it  has  facilities  involved  in  the
      action.