§ 1372. Actions against authority. In any case founded upon a tort,
except an action for wrongful death, a notice of claim shall be required
as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or special
proceeding against the authority and the provisions of section fifty-e
of the general municipal law shall apply. 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. Except in an action for wrongful death, 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.