When a nonresident sues in New York's courts on a cause of action accruing outside the state, our "borrowing statute" (CPLR 202) requires that the cause of action be timely under the limitations periods of both New York and the jurisdiction where the claim arose (see Global Fin. Corp. v Triarc Corp.,
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