Cause of action accruing without the state
§ 202. Cause of action accruing without the state. An action based upon a cause of action accruing without the state cannot be commenced after the expiration of the time limited by the laws of either the state or the place without the state where the cause of action accrued, except that where the cause of action accrued in favor of a resident of the state the time limited by the laws of the state shall apply.
If the claim accrued outside New York, you must sue within the time allowed by whichever is shorter — New York's limit or the limit of the place where it accrued. ★ Exception: if the claim accrued in favor of a New York resident, New York's time applies. Purpose: stop out-of-staters from "forum shopping" NY's longer deadlines.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.