§ 217-a. Actions to be commenced within one year and ninety days.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and\nirrespective of whether the relevant statute is expressly amended by the\nuniform notice of claim act, every action for damages or injuries to\nreal or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for\npersonal injuries or wrongful death, against any political subdivision\nof the state, or any instrumentality or agency of the state or a\npolitical subdivision, any public authority or any public benefit\ncorporation that is entitled to receive a notice of claim as a condition\nprecedent to commencement of an action, shall not be commenced unless a\nnotice of claim shall have been served on such governmental entity\nwithin the time limit established by section fifty-e of the general\nmunicipal law, and such action must be commenced in compliance with all\nthe requirements of section fifty-e and subdivision one of section\nfifty-i of the general municipal law. Except in an action for wrongful\ndeath against such an entity, an action for damages or for injuries to\nreal or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for\npersonal injuries, alleged to have been sustained, shall not be\ncommenced more than one year and ninety days after the cause of action\ntherefor shall have accrued or within the time period otherwise\nprescribed by any special provision of law, whichever is longer. Nothing\nherein is intended to amend the court of claims act or any provision\nthereof.\n
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