N.Y. General Business Law § 342-b: Recovery of damages by attorney general

§ 342-b. Recovery of damages by attorney general. In addition to

existing statutory authority to bring such actions on behalf of the

state and public authorities, the attorney general may also bring action

on behalf of any political subdivision or public authority of the state

upon the request of such political subdivision or public authority to

recover damages for violations of section three hundred forty of this

article, or to recover damages provided for by federal law for

violations of the federal antitrust laws. In any class action the

attorney general may bring on behalf of these or other subordinate

governmental entities, any governmental entity that does not

affirmatively exclude itself from the action, upon due notice thereof,

shall be deemed to have requested to be treated as a member of the class

represented in that action. The attorney general, on behalf of the

state of New York, shall be entitled to retain from any moneys recovered

in such actions the costs and expenses of such services.