N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 213: Enforcement proceedings against redevelopment corporations

§ 213. Enforcement proceedings against redevelopment corporations.

Whenever a redevelopment corporation shall not have obtained the

certificates of approval of its development plan required by section two

hundred three of this article within twelve months of the date upon

which it became a redevelopment corporation, or shall not have

substantially complied with its development plan within the time limits

for the completion of each stage thereof as therein stated, reasonable

delays caused by unforeseen difficulties excepted, or shall do, permit

to be done or fail or omit to do anything contrary to or required of it,

as the case may be, by this article, or shall be about so to do, permit

to be done or fail or omit to have done, as the case may be, then any

such fact may be certified by the planning commission or the supervising

agency, whichever shall have supervision thereof, to the chief legal

officer of the city, who may thereupon commence a proceeding in the

supreme court of the state of New York in its name for the purpose of

having such action, failure or omission, or threatened action, failure

or omission, established by order of the court for the purpose stated in

subdivision two of section two hundred five of this article, or stopped,

prevented or otherwise rectified by order, injunction or otherwise. Such

proceeding shall be commenced by a petition to the supreme court

alleging the violation complained of and praying for appropriate relief.

It shall thereupon be the duty of the court to specify the time, not

exceeding twenty days after service of a copy of the petition, within

which the redevelopment corporation complained of must answer the

petition. The court shall, immediately after a default in answering or

after answer, as the case may be, inquire into the facts and

circumstances in such manner as the court shall direct without other or

formal proceedings, and without respect to any technical requirements.

Such other persons or corporations as it shall seem to the court

necessary or proper to join as parties in order to make its order or

judgment effective may be joined as parties. The final judgment or order

in any such action or proceeding shall dismiss the action or proceeding

or establish the failure complained of or direct that an order, or an

injunction, or both, issue, or grant such other relief as the court may

deem appropriate.