§ 889. Actions against authority. 1. In any case founded upon a 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. 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.

2. 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.