§ 6224. Claims against city university. 1. The provisions of sections\nfifty-e and fifty-i of the general municipal law shall, notwithstanding\nany inconsistent provision of law, continue to apply to actions and\nproceedings based on a cause of action involving a community college of\nthe city university of New York or an officer, agent, servant or\nemployee of such community college acting in the course of his\nemployment. The provisions of subdivisions four, five and six of this\nsection shall not apply to such actions and proceedings.\n 2. No action or proceeding based on a cause of action involving a\ncommunity college of the city university of New York or an officer,\nagent, servant or employee of such community college acting in the\ncourse of his employment may be prosecuted or maintained unless it shall\nappear by and as an allegation in the complaint or necessary moving\npapers that at least thirty days have elapsed since a demand setting\nforth the underlying basis for such matter was presented to the city\nuniversity for adjustment, and that the officers or bodies having the\npower to adjust or pay such demand have neglected or refused to make an\nadjustment or payment thereof for thirty days, after such presentment.\n 3. The city university may require any person presenting to it for\nsettlement an account or claim for any cause whatever against it to be\nsworn before it or a committee thereof, or before any person designated\nby such board of trustees touching such account or claim, and when so\nsworn, to answer orally as to any facts relative to the justness of such\naccount or claim. A trustee or any person designated as hereinbefore\nstated shall have the power to administer an oath to any person who\nshall give testimony to the justness of such account or claim. Willful\nfalse swearing before the board of trustees, a committee thereof or any\nperson designated as hereinbefore stated shall be perjury and punishable\nas such.\n 4. Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of claims\nto hear, audit and determine the claims of any person against the city\nuniversity of New York (a) for wrongful death, (b) in connection with\ncauses of action sounding in tort alleged to have been committed by a\nsenior college of such university or any officer, agent, servant or\nemployee of a senior college of such university in the course of his\nemployment on behalf of such university, and (c) for the breach of a\ncontract relating to construction, reconstruction, improvement,\nmaintenance, operation, purchase or personal services entered into by\nsuch university in connection with a senior college of such university\nor any officer, agent, servant or employee of a senior college of such\nuniversity in the course of his employment on behalf of such university\nin the same manner and to the extent provided by and subject to the\nprovisions of the court of claims act, including time limitations, with\nrespect to claims against the state, and to make awards and render\njudgments therefor. Such jurisdiction shall attach to all claims\nagainst the city university which arise on and after July first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-nine. Nothing contained in this section shall\nbe construed as passing upon the merits of any such claims and no such\naward shall be made or judgment rendered unless supported by such\nevidence as would sustain a judgment against an individual or\ncorporation in a court of law or equity.\n 5. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, the\ncomptroller of the state of New York is authorized to examine, audit and\ncertify for payment, in accordance with procedures applicable to and\nfunding sources available for the payment by the state of any claim,\nsettlement or judgment against the state, (1) any judgment of the court\nof claims, (2) any settlement approved by the court of claims pursuant\nto section twenty-a of the court of claims act and (3) any claim which\nwould be otherw
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