N.Y. CPLR § 217-A

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 217-A Actions to be commenced within one year and ninety days.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, andi § 217-a. Actions to be commenced within one year and ninety days.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, andirrespective of whether the relevant statute is expressly amended by theuniform notice of claim act, every action for damages or injuries toreal or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or forpersonal injuries or wrongful death, against any political subdivisionof the state, or any instrumentality or agency of the state or apolitical subdivision, any public authority or any public benefitcorporation that is entitled to receive a notice of claim as a conditionprecedent to commencement of an action, shall not be commencedunless a notice of claim shall have been served on such governmentalentity within the time limit established by section fifty-e of thegeneral municipal law, and such action must be commenced in compliancewith all the requirements of section fifty-e and subdivision one ofsection fifty-i of the general municipal law. Except in an action forwrongful death against such an entity, an action for damages or forinjuries to real or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, orfor personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained, shall not becommenced more than one year and ninety days after the cause of actiontherefor shall have accrued or within the time period otherwiseprescribed by any special provision of law, whichever is longer. Nothingherein is intended to amend the court of claims act or any provisionthereof.