N.Y. Exec. Law § 625

§ 625. Filing of claims. 1. A claim may be filed by a person eligible\nto receive an award, as provided in section six hundred twenty-four of\nthis article, or, if such person is under the age of eighteen years, an\nincompetent, or a conservatee, by his relative, guardian, committee,\nconservator, or attorney.\n 2. A claim must be filed by the claimant not later than three years\nafter the occurrence or discovery of the crime upon which such claim is\nbased, three years after a court finds a lawsuit to be frivolous, or not\nlater than three years after the death of the victim, provided, however,\nthat upon good cause shown, the office may extend the time for filing.\nThe office shall extend the time for filing where the claimant received\nno notice pursuant to section six hundred twenty-five-a of this article\nand had no knowledge of eligibility pursuant to section six hundred\ntwenty-four of this article.\n 3. Claims shall be filed in person, by mail or electronically, in such\nmanner as the office may prescribe. The office shall accept for filing\nall claims submitted by persons eligible under subdivision one of this\nsection and alleging the jurisdictional requirements set forth in this\narticle and meeting the requirements as to form in the rules and\nregulations promulgated to carry out the provisions and purposes of this\narticle.\n 4. Upon the filing of a claim pursuant to this article, the office\nshall promptly notify the district attorney of the county wherein the\ncrime is alleged to have occurred, provided however, that in such cases\nin which the crime victim reported to a support agency that is also a\nvictim services provider as defined in clause (B) of subparagraph (iii)\nof paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section six hundred thirty-one of\nthis article, the office shall not make any such notification. If,\nwithin ten days after such notification, such district attorney advises\nthe office that a criminal prosecution is pending upon the same alleged\ncrime and requests that action by the office be deferred, the office\nshall defer all proceedings under this article until such time as such\ncriminal prosecution has been concluded and shall so notify such\ndistrict attorney and the claimant. When such criminal prosecution has\nbeen concluded, such district attorney shall promptly so notify the\noffice. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the office\nto grant emergency awards pursuant to section six hundred thirty of this\narticle.\n