N.Y. Educ. Law § 2562

§ 2562. Presentation of claims against a board of education of a city\nhaving a population of four hundred thousand or more to be pleaded. 1.\nNo action or special proceeding, for any cause whatever, shall be\nprosecuted or maintained against a board of education of a city having a\npopulation of four hundred thousand or more, unless it shall appear by\nand as an allegation in the complaint or necessary moving papers that at\nleast thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon\nwhich such action or special proceeding is founded were presented to the\nsaid board of education for adjustment, and that the officer or body\nhaving the power to adjust or pay said claim has neglected or refused to\nmake an adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after such\npresentment.\n 2. The said board of education may require any person presenting for\nsettlement an account or claim for any cause whatever against it to be\nsworn before it or a committee thereof, or before the claims auditor or\ndeputy claims auditor, or before any person designated by said board,\ntouching such account or claim, and when so sworn, to answer orally as\nto any facts relative to the justness of such account or claim. A member\nof the board, the claims auditor, or any other person designated as\nhereinbefore stated, shall have the power to administer an oath to any\nperson who shall give testimony to the justness of such account or\nclaim, and for the purpose of securing such testimony may issue\nsubpoenas for the attendance of witnesses. Wilful false swearing before\nthe said board of education, a committee thereof, the claims auditor or\ndeputy claims auditor, or before any person designated as hereinbefore\nstated, is perjury and punishable as such.\n