§ 2717. Actions against the authority; court proceedings; preferences;\nvenue. 1. In any case founded upon death, personal injury, property\ndamage or tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition\nprecedent to the commencement of an action or special proceeding against\nthe authority or any member, officer, appointee or employee thereof, and\nthe provisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall\ngovern the giving of such notice. No action or proceeding of any kind\nshall be commenced (i) prior to the expiration of thirty days from the\ndate on which the demand, claim or claims upon which the action is\nfounded were presented to a member of the authority or other officer\nthereof designated for such purpose nor (ii) more than one year and\nninety days after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued,\nexcept that an action against the authority for wrongful death shall be\ncommenced in accordance with the notice of claim and time limitation\nprovisions of title eleven of article nine of this chapter.\n 2. Any action or proceeding to which the authority or the people of\nthe state may be parties, in which any question arises as to the\nvalidity of this title, shall be preferred over all other civil causes\nof action or cases except election causes of action or cases in all\ncourts of the state and shall be heard and determined in preference to\nall other civil business pending therein except election causes,\nirrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference shall be\ngranted upon application of the authority or its counsel in any action\nor proceeding questioning the validity of this title in which the\nauthority may be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or\nproceeding shall be laid in the supreme court of the county in which the\nprincipal office of the authority is located.\n
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