Section 2047-O. Actions against agency

1.  Except  in  an action for
  wrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be  prosecuted  or
  maintained  against  the agency for personal injury or damage to real or
  personal property alleged to  have  been  sustained  by  reason  of  the
  negligence  or  wrongful  act  of  the agency or of any member, officer,
  agent or employee thereof, unless (i) a notice of claim shall have  been
  made  and  served  upon  the  agency  within  the  time  limit by and in
  compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal  law,  (ii)  it
  shall  appear  by and as an allegation in the complaint or moving papers
  that at least thirty days have elapsed since the service of such  notice
  and  that  adjustment  or payment thereof has been neglected or refused,
  and (iii) the action or special proceeding shall be commenced within one
  year and ninety days after the happening of the  event  upon  which  the
  claim is based. An action against the agency 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.
    2. Wherever a notice of claim is served upon the agency, it shall have
  the right to demand an examination  of  the  claimant  relative  to  the
  occurrence  and  extent  of  the  injuries or damages for which claim is
  made, in accordance with  the  provisions  of  section  fifty-h  of  the
  general municipal law.
    3.  The  agency  may  require any person, presenting for settlement an
  account or claim for any cause whatever against the agency to  be  sworn
  before  a  member,  counsel  or  an attorney, officer or employee of the
  agency designated for such purpose, concerning such account or claim and
  when so sworn, to answer orally as to any facts relative to such account
  or claim. The agency shall have power to settle or adjust all claims  in
  favor of or against the agency.
    4. The rate of interest to be paid by the agency upon any judgment for
  which  it  is  liable,  other than a judgment on its bonds, shall be the
  rate prescribed  by  section  three-a  of  the  general  municipal  law.
  Interest  on  payments  of principal or interest on any bonds in default
  shall accrue at the rate borne by such bonds from the due  date  thereof
  until paid or otherwise satisfied.
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