N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1218: Pending actions and proceedings

§ 1218. Pending actions and proceedings. 1. Provision shall be made in

the agreement described in section eighteen hundred three of this title

for the assumption by the city of the payment of judgments or claims

based upon a cause of action arising prior to the date of transfer of

transit facilities.

2. This title shall not affect any action or proceeding brought by or

against the board of transportation, transit commission, or the former

transit construction commissioner, public service commission for the

first district, or the board of rapid transit railroad commissioners,

and, upon application by the authority to the court, the authority shall

be substituted as a party in such pending action or proceeding and such

action or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the

authority. Any investigation, examination or hearing undertaken,

commenced or instituted by the board of transportation, transit

commission or the former transit construction commissioner or the public

service commission for the first district or the board of rapid transit

railroad commissioners before the time this title takes effect, and

relating to a subject or matter, jurisdiction whereof was conveyed to

the authority, may be conducted to final determination by the authority.