N.Y. General Municipal Law § 770: Effect on actions and proceedings

§ 770. Effect on actions and proceedings. 1. Suits may be brought and

maintained against a consolidated local government entity in any of the

courts of the state in the same manner as against any other local

government entity.

2. In any action or proceeding pending on the effective date of

consolidation to which any component local government entity is a party,

the consolidated local government entity may be substituted in its place

and the action or proceeding may be prosecuted to judgment as if

consolidation had not taken place.