Section 1020-U. Actions against authority  


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  • 1. In any action 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, an action against the
      authority founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year  and
      ninety  days  after  the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. 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.
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