2015 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 4 - (General Municipal) NEGLIGENCE AND MALFEASANCE OF PUBLIC OFFICERS; TAXPAYERS' REMEDIES
50 - Cause of action not barred.

  50.  Cause of action not barred. A cause of action in law or equity
  against any municipality in  the  state  of  New  York,  or  its  proper
  officers,  arising from the action of such municipality in derogation of
  its previous grant or covenant, where a previous action shall  not  have
  succeeded,  in  whole  or  in  part,  owing  to  the failure of the said
  municipality to produce or prove certain  written  evidence,  which  was
  essential to the plaintiff's claim, shall not be barred by the operation
  of  the statutes limiting the time for the enforcement of civil remedies
  in favor of the successor in interest to  the  person  entitled  to  any
  benefit  or  damages by reason of such grant, covenant or action of said
  municipality.