N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 21-1507: Jurisdiction of courts

* § 21-1507. Jurisdiction of courts.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in such compact, the phrase

"court of competent jurisdiction" as used in the mid-Atlantic states air

pollution control 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 section 4.6 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 subdivision a of section 3.2 of the compact, the

phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean any court of this

state in which an action or proceeding of the same class brought by a

resident could be heard and determined.

* NB Denied Congressional consent; preempted by enactment of federal Air

Quality Act of 1967 (81 stat. 485)