2006 New York Code - Actions.

 
    §  1109.  Actions.  1. 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  authority 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.
    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.