Section 735. Actions against the authority


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  • 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.