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SECTION 2547
Actions against the corporation
Public Authorities (PBA) CHAPTER 43-A, ARTICLE 8, TITLE 26
§ 2547. Actions against the corporation. (a) Except in an action for
wrongful death, an action against the corporation for personal injury or
property damage or founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one
year and ninety days after the cause of action thereof shall have
accrued nor unless a notice of claim shall have been served on a
director of the corporation or officer or employee thereof designated by
the corporation for such purpose, within the time limited by, and in
compliance with the requirements of section fifty-e of the general
municipal law. An action against the corporation 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.

(b) The venue of every action, suit or special proceeding brought
against the corporation shall be laid in the county of New York.

(c) Neither any director of the corporation nor any officer, employee,
or agent of the corporation, while acting within the scope of their
authority, shall be subject to any personal liability resulting from
exercising or carrying out of any of the corporation's purposes or
powers.