2006 New York Code - Presentation Of Claims For Torts; Commencement Of Actions.

 
    §  52.  Presentation of claims for torts; commencement of actions.  1.
  Any claim or notice of claim against a  county  for  damage,  injury  or
  death, or for invasion of personal or property rights, of every name and
  nature,  and  whether  casual or continuing trespass or nuisance and any
  other claim for damages arising at law or in  equity,  alleged  to  have
  been  caused  or  sustained  in  whole  or  in part by or because of any
  misfeasance, omission of duty, negligence or wrongful act on the part of
  the county, its officers, agents, servants or employees,  must  be  made
  and  served  in compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal
  law. Every action upon such claim shall be  commenced  pursuant  to  the
  provisions  of  section fifty-i of the general municipal law.  The place
  of trial shall be in the county against which the action is brought.
    2. This section  shall  not  apply  to  claims  for  compensation  for
  property  taken  for a public purpose, nor to claims under the workmen's
  compensation law.