N.Y. Court of Claims Act § 15: Substitution of assignee or legal representative of claimant

§ 15. Substitution of assignee or legal representative of claimant.

In the event of the death of the claimant or of one of the claimants

named in a claim of any nature against the state, heretofore or

hereafter filed in the court of claims, and also in the event that by

assignment or by operation of law, some person other than the claimant

named in the claim has succeeded to the interest of one of the claimants

named in such a claim, it shall be the duty of the personal

representative of said claimant or of the person who succeeded claimant

in interest to said claim or any interest therein within six months

after he becomes invested with the title to said claim or any interest

therein, to secure from the court of claims and serve upon the

attorney-general an order substituting him as party to said claim

instead of the party named in said claim, to whose right, title and

interest he has succeeded, and in the event that he fails so to do, the

court of claims on motion of the attorney-general, on such notice as the

court may require, to all parties who have appeared in said action or

proceeding or to the assignee or successor of the claimant may dismiss

said claim.