* § 1566. Actions against the authority. In every action against the\nauthority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or for\nthe destruction thereof, or for personal injuries or death, the\ncomplaint shall contain an allegation that at least thirty days have\nelapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which such action is\nfounded were presented to a member of the authority, or to its\nsecretary, or to its chief executive officer and that the authority has\nneglected or refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for thirty\ndays after such presentment.\n 2. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the\nauthority for damages for injuries to real or personal property, or for\nthe destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, alleged to have been\nsustained, shall not be commenced more than one year after the cause of\naction therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a notice of intention to\ncommence such action and of the time when and place where the damages or\npersonal injuries were incurred or sustained, together with a verified\nstatement showing in detail the property alleged to have been damaged or\ndestroyed and the value thereof, or the personal injuries alleged to\nhave been sustained and by whom, shall have been filed with the\nsecretary of the authority in the principal office of the authority\nwithin six months after such cause of action shall have accrued. An\naction against the authority for wrongful death shall be commenced in\naccordance with the notice of claim and time limitation provisions of\ntitle eleven of article nine of this chapter.\n * NB Dissolved December 31, 1977\n
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