2006 New York Code - Actions.

 
    § 2447. Actions. 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  agency  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.
    Except  in  an action for wrongful death, no action shall be commenced
  (a) prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date  on  which  the
  demand,  claim or claims upon which the action is founded were presented
  to a director of the agency or other officer thereof designated for such
  purpose nor (b) more than one year after the cause  of  action  therefor
  shall  have  accrued.  An  action  against the agency 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.