Certificate of Designation
For Service of Notice of Claim
 
of
 
CITY OF CORNING
 
(Pursuant to Section 53 of the General Municipal Law)
 
 
It is hereby certified that:
FIRST: CITY OF CORNING is a public corporation as defined in Section 66 of the General Construction Law of the State of New York.
SECOND: The name of the public corporation is: CITY OF CORNING
THIRD: The principal location of the public corporation is in the county of: STEUBEN
FOURTH: The public corporation hereby designates the Secretary of State of the State of New York as its agent upon whom a Notice of Claim against the public corporation may be served.
FIFTH: The name, post office address and email address of an officer, person or designee, nominee or other agent-in-fact to which the Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of any Notice of Claim served upon the Secretary of State as the Public Corporation’s agent is:
Post Office Address: ROSE M. BLACKWELL, CITY CLERK
ONE NASSER CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
CORNING, NY 14830
 
Email Address: RMBLACKWELL@STNY.RR.COM
SIXTH: The time limit for service of a Notice of Claim upon the public corporation is: as defined in New York State General Municipal Law sub-section 50-e
SEVENTH: Any statutory provisions uniquely pertaining to the public corporation and the commencement of an action or proceeding against it are as follows: No civil action shall be maintained against the City of Corning or its officers, agents or employees, for damages for injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge,culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, building, structure or other city property, parking area, swimming or wading pool or pool equipment, playground or playground equipment, skating rink, park property or park equipment being out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, or in consequence of the existence of snow or ice thereon, unless it appears that written notice of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, or of the existence of the snow or ice, was actually given to the City Clerk, who shall immediately forward said notice to the Director of Public Safety, and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of, or to cause the snow or ice to be removed or the place otherwise made reasonably safe.
EIGHTH: The New York State Vendor Identification Number (Vendor ID) for the public corporation is: REDACTED
Note: If the public corporation does not have a Vendor ID issued by the Office of the State Comptroller the Department of State will contact the public corporation regarding issuance of a Vendor ID when fees for service of Notices of Claim are available for distribution. The public corporation will not receive distributions of its share of fees for service of Notices of Claim until it has been assigned a Vendor ID by the Office of the State Comptroller.
NINTH: Distributions to the public corporation for its share of fees for service of Notices of Claim will be sent to the following Remittance Address:
                           LINN G. SMITH, FINANCE DIRECTOR
ONE NASSER CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
CORNING, NY 14830
Note: The Remittance Address for public corporations with a Vendor ID must match the public corporation’s Remittance Address in the New York State Vendor Management System. If the Remittance Address provided does not match the address on file in the New York State Vendor Management System, the public corporation’s share of fees cannot be distributed. To update the public corporation’s Remittance Address on file in the New York State Vendor Management System the public corporation must access and update its vendor record at www.osc.state.ny.us.
 
 
Date: August 22, 2013
 
 
ROSE M. BLACKWELL CITY CLERK
Signature Title of Signer
 
 
 
FILED BY THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON: 08/22/2013
FILE NUMBER: 20130822001369