The motion court properly determined that the action against the LIRR was timely commenced. There is no requirement that a notice of claim be served upon LIRR, a subsidiary of the MTA (see Public Authorities Law § 1276 [6]), and the detailed letter sent to the LIRR by petitioner's former attorney constituted the requisite demand on the LIRR (see Public Authorities Law § 1276 [1]), and tolled the one-year statute of limitations, giving petitioner up...
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