§ 50. Cause of action not barred. A cause of action in law or equity against any municipality in the state of New York, or its proper officers, arising from the action of such municipality in derogation of its previous grant or covenant, where a previous action shall not have succeeded, in whole or in […]
§ 50-a. Municipal liability for negligent operation of vehicles. 1. Every city, town and village shall be liable for the negligence of a person duly appointed by the governing board or body of the municipality, or by any board, body, commission or other officer thereof, to operate a municipally owned vehicle within the state in […]
§ 50-b. Municipal liability for negligent operation of vehicles or other facility of transportation. 1. Every county, city, town, village and other subdivision of government, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general, special or local or any limitation contained in the provision of any city charter, shall be liable and shall assume the liability for […]
§ 50-c. Liability for negligent operation of certain vehicles in the performance of duty by police officers and paid firefighters. 1. Every city, town, village and fire district, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special or local or the limitation contained in the provisions of any city charter, shall be liable for, and shall […]
§ 50-d. Municipal liability for malpractice of certain physicians, resident physicians, internes, dentists, podiatrists and optometrists in public institutions. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special or local, or limitation contained in the provisions of any city charter, every municipal corporation shall be liable for, and shall assume the liability, to the extent […]
§ 50-e. Notice of claim. 1. When service required; time for service; upon whom service required. (a) In any case founded upon tort where a notice of claim is required by law as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or special proceeding against a public corporation, as defined in the general construction […]
§ 50-f. Recording of notice of claim. 1. Wherever a notice of claim is required by section fifty-e of this chapter as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or proceeding against a municipal corporation or any authority or commission heretofore or hereafter continued or created by the public authorities law, or any […]
§ 50-g. Recording of notice of defect. 1. Wherever any statute, city charter or local law provides that no civil action shall be maintained against a city for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, […]
§ 50-h. Examination of claims. 1. Wherever a notice of claim is filed against a city, county, town, village, fire district, ambulance district or school district the city, county, town, village, fire district, ambulance district or school district shall have the right to demand an examination of the claimant relative to the occurrence and extent […]
§ 50-i. Presentation of tort claims; commencement of actions. 1. No action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against a city, county, town, village, fire district or school district for personal injury, wrongful death or damage to real or personal property alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence or wrongful […]
* § 50-j. Liability of police officers for negligence in the performance of duty. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, charter or code to the contrary, every city, county, town, village, authority or agency shall be liable for, and shall assume the liability to the extent that it shall save […]
* § 50-j. Civil actions against correction employees. 1. As used in this section: a. “Member” means any active or retired member of the uniformed force as well as any person employed by or retired from the correction department of a city. It also means any employee of such department whose employment has been suspended […]
§ 50-k. Civil actions against employees of the city of New York. 1. As used in this section: a. “Agency” shall mean a city, county, borough, or other office, position, administration, council, department, division, bureau, board, community board, commission, institution or agency of government, the expenses of which are paid in whole or in part […]
§ 50-l. Civil actions against employees of the Nassau county police department. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, code or charter, the county of Nassau shall provide for the defense of any civil action or proceeding brought against a duly appointed police officer of the Nassau county police department and shall indemnify and save […]
§ 50-m. Civil actions against police and peace officers of Suffolk county; defense and indemnification. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or local law, code or charter, Suffolk county, upon discretionary adoption of a local law, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, shall provide for the defense of any civil action or proceeding […]
§ 50-n. Civil actions against peace officers, sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the county of Nassau. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, code or charter, the county of Nassau shall provide for the defense of any civil action or proceeding brought against a duly appointed peace officer, sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy sheriff of […]
§ 51. Prosecution of officers for illegal acts. All officers, agents, commissioners and other persons acting, or who have acted, for and on behalf of any county, town, village or municipal corporation in this state, and each and every one of them, may be prosecuted, and an action may be maintained against them to prevent […]
§ 52. Liability insurance for officers and employees. Each city, county, fire district, school district, town, village, town improvement district governed by a separate board of commissioners and each public library as defined in section two hundred fifty-three of the education law, may purchase liability insurance with such limits as it may deem reasonable for […]
§ 53. Alternative service of notice of claim upon the secretary of state. 1. In lieu of serving a notice of claim upon a public corporation as provided for in section fifty-e of this article, a notice of claim setting forth the same information as required by such section may be served upon the secretary […]
