1777 - Actions against or by the authority.
§ 1777. Actions against or by the authority. 1. In an action against the authority founded upon tort, the complaint shall contain an allegation that at least sixty days has elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which the action is founded were presented to the authority and to its secretary or to its chief executive officer, and that the authority has neglected or refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for sixty days after the presentment. 2. Except in an action for wrongful death, in a case founded upon a 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 an officer, appointee or employee thereof, and the provisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving of such notice. No action shall be commenced more than one year after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, except in an action for wrongful death, which shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of this chapter.