2006 New York Code - Civil Actions Against Department Personnel.

 
    §  24. Civil actions against department personnel.  1. No civil action
  shall be brought in any court of  the  state,  except  by  the  attorney
  general  on  behalf of the state, against any officer or employee of the
  department, in his personal capacity, for damages arising out of any act
  done or the  failure  to  perform  any  act  within  the  scope  of  the
  employment  and  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  by such officer or
  employee.
    2. Any claim for damages arising out of any act done or the failure to
  perform any act within the scope of the employment and in the  discharge
  of  the  duties  of  any  officer or employee of the department shall be
  brought and maintained in the court of claims as  a  claim  against  the
  state.
    3. This section shall apply with respect to claims arising on or after
  the effective date of this section.