Section 1020-Y. Court proceedings; preferences; venue

1. Any action, suit
  or proceeding to which the  authority  may  be  a  party  in  which  any
  question  arises  as  to  the validity of this title or the valuation of
  stock or assets acquired by the authority by the exercise of  the  power
  of  eminent domain shall be preferred over all other civil causes in all
  courts of the state, except election matters, and  shall  be  heard  and
  determined  in  preference  to all other civil business pending therein,
  except election matters, irrespective of position on the  calendar.  The
  same  preference  shall  be  granted  upon application of counsel to the
  authority in any action or proceeding questioning the validity  of  this
  title  or  the valuation of stock or assets acquired by the authority by
  the exercise of the power of eminent domain in which such counsel may be
  allowed to intervene. The venue of any action or proceeding  questioning
  the  validity  of  this  title  shall be laid in the county in which the
  principal office of the authority is located.
    2. In the event any party shall appeal an award  of  compensation  for
  the  taking by the authority of stock or assets, such party shall post a
  bond in such amount, if any, as the supreme court shall deem appropriate
  to adequately protect the interests of the other  party  under  all  the
  circumstances.
    3.  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, nor
  unless a notice of claim shall have been served on the authority  within
  the  time  limited  by,  and  in compliance with all the requirements of
  section fifty-e of the general municipal  law.  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.