N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 131: Construction of act of reconsolidation

§ 131. Construction of act of reconsolidation. 1. This chapter shall

be construed as a continuation and reenactment of the provisions of the

real property law repealed by article 21 hereof as such provisions

existed on December 31, 1961.

2. The repeal by this chapter of provisions of the real property law

specified in article 21 hereof and the enactment of this chapter shall

not affect any action or proceeding pending under any such provision at

the time this chapter shall take effect.

3. Any act of the legislature of the year 1962 or 1963 which in form

amends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or

provisions of the real property law repealed by article 21 of this

chapter shall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal of such

provision or provisions and shall be construed as an amendment or

repeal, as the case may be, of the corresponding provision or provisions

of this chapter, and such corresponding provisions shall be construed to

be amended, modified, changed or repealed as though they had been

expressly and in terms so amended or repealed.

4. Reference by any law, general or special, in force on December 31,

1961, or in any act of the legislature of the year 1962 or 1963, to a

provision of the real property law repealed by article 21 of this

chapter as in force immediately before the time this chapter shall take

effect shall be construed to refer to the corresponding provision of

this chapter.