Office of the New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.
Instructions for service on NYCTA, MaBSTOA, and SIRTOA: E-mail this form to serviceclaims@nyct within 90 days of the incident. If your claim is not resolved, you will have one year and 90 days from the date of the incident to commence a legal action.
To begin an action in Small Claims Court, a person, or someone acting on his or her behalf, must come to the Small Claims Court Clerk's office in the proper county and fill out a statement of claim. To find out where the clerk's office is located in your county, click on Locations.
Proper service includes delivery of the notice of claim to the Comptroller's Office by one of the following methods: Electronically via the eClaim system, By personal delivery, or. By registered or certified mail.
You can report a problem with the quality of service provided by the Office of the City Comptroller. Contact the City Comptroller. Call 311 or 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-9675) for help.
The Notice of Claim must be served on the municipal government agency, by personal delivery, or registered or certified mail. The service must be made upon a person designated by law to receive summonses in Supreme Court actions or an attorney regularly engaged in representing such public corporations.
The General Municipal Law requires that a Notice of Claim be served within 90 days after the claim arises.