889 - Actions against authority.

§ 889. Actions against authority. 1. In any 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  and the provisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall  apply.    2.  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.