N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 21-0709: Jurisdiction of courts

§ 21-0709. Jurisdiction of courts.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of

competent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall, with reference to

this state, mean the supreme court, and said court is hereby given all

necessary and appropriate jurisdiction to hear and determine any action

or proceeding brought before it pursuant to appropriate provisions of

the compact. As used in subdivision six of section ten of article ten of

the compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean a

court in which an appropriate proceeding under article seventy-eight of

the Civil Practice Law and Rules may be brought. As used in item one of

paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section fourteen of article fourteen

of the compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean

any court of this state in which an action or proceeding of the class

brought by the Delaware river basin commission may be heard and

determined.