New York Public Authorities Law Section 1561 - Actions against the authority.

* 1561. Actions against the 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 ninety days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which such action is founded were presented to a member of the authority, or 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 ninety days after such presentment.

2. An action against the authority for damages for injuries to real or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries or death, alleged to have been sustained, shall not be commenced more than one year after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a notice of intention to commence such action and of the time when and place where the damages or personal injuries or death were incurred or sustained, together with a verified statement showing in detail the property alleged to have been damaged or destroyed and the value thereof, or the personal injuries alleged to have been sustained and by whom, shall have been filed with the secretary of the authority in the principal office of the authority within six months after such cause of action shall have accrued.

* NB Dissolved December 1977

* NB There are 2 1561's


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