2040-I - Actions against authority.
§ 2040-i. Actions against authority. 1. In every action against the authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property or for the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries or death, the complaint shall contain an allegation that at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which such action is founded were presented to a member of the authority or other officer designated for such purpose and that the authority has neglected or refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof. 2. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the authority founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a notice of claim shall have been served on the authority within the time limited by and in compliance with all the requirements of section fifty-e of the general municipal law. 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. 3. The authority may require any person, presenting for settlement an account or claim for any cause whatever against the authority, to be sworn before a director, counsel or an attorney, officer or employee of the authority designated for such purpose, concerning such account or claim and when so sworn to answer orally as to any facts relative to such account or claim. The authority shall have power to settle or adjust all claims in favor of or against the authority. 4. The rate of interest to be paid by the authority upon any judgment for which it is liable, other than a judgment on its bonds or notes, shall not exceed six percentum per annum.