§ 31-a. Actions against corporation. Except in an action for wrongful
death, 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 corporation, any of it subsidiary corporations,
or any officer, appointee or employee thereof, and the provisions of
section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving of
such notice. No such action shall be commenced more than one year and
ninety days after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. An
action for wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the
notice of claim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of
article nine of the public authorities law.