N.Y. Public Officers Law § 20: Action upon official bond or undertaking

§ 20. Action upon official bond or undertaking. Where a public

officer is required to give an official bond or undertaking, and special

provision is not made by law for the prosecution of the bond or

undertaking, by or for the benefit of a person who has sustained by his

default, delinquency or misconduct, an injury, for which the sureties

upon the bond or undertaking are liable, such a person may apply for

leave to prosecute such official bond or undertaking. Such application

shall be made to the supreme court except as otherwise provided in this

article.