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SECTION 841
Actions against authority
Public Authorities (PBA) CHAPTER 43-A, ARTICLE 4, TITLE 2
§ 841. Actions against authority. 1. In any case 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
and the provisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall
apply.

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.