NY Pub Auth L § 1475-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 7 - Parking Authorities Title 4 - Syracuse Parking Authority 1475-Q - Actions Against the Authority.

§  1475-q.  Actions  against the authority. 1. Except in an action for   wrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be  prosecuted  or   maintained against the authority, its members, officers or employees for   personal  injury  or damage to real or personal property alleged to have   been sustained by reason of the negligence, tort or wrongful act of  the   authority  or  of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, unless   (a) notice of claim shall have been made and served upon  the  authority   within  the  time limit set by and in compliance with section fifty-e of   the general municipal law, (b) it shall appear by and as  an  allegation   in the complaint or moving papers that at least thirty days have elapsed   since  the service of such notice and that adjustment or payment thereof   has been neglected or refused, and  the  action  or  special  proceeding   shall  be  commenced within one year and ninety days after the happening   of the event upon which the  claim  is  based.  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.2.  Whenever  a notice of claim is served upon the authority, it shall   have the right to demand an examination of the claimant relative to  the   occurrence  and  extent  of  the  injuries or damages for which claim is   made, in accordance with  the  provisions  of  section  fifty-h  of  the   general municipal law.3.  The  authority  shall have power to settle or adjust all claims in   favor of or against the authority.4. Any action or proceeding to which the authority or  the  people  of   the  state  may  be  parties,  in  which  any  question arises as to the   validity of this title, shall be preferred over all other  civil  causes   of  action  or  cases, except election causes of action or cases, in all   courts of the state and shall be heard and determined in  preference  to   all  other  civil  business  pending  therein  except  election  causes,   irrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference  shall  be   granted  upon  application of the authority or its counsel in any action   or proceeding questioning the  validity  of  this  title  in  which  the   authority  may  be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or   proceeding shall be laid in the supreme court of the county of Onondaga.5. 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, shall be the   rate  prescribed by section five thousand four of the civil practice law   and rules. Interest on payments of principal or interest on any bonds in   default shall accrue at the rate borne by such bonds from the  due  date   thereof until paid or otherwise satisfied.6. All actions or proceedings against the authority of whatever nature   shall be brought in the supreme court of the county of Onondaga.