N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1541: Article applies to corporations and to the people of the state of New York

§ 1541. Article applies to corporations and to the people of the state

of New York. An action may be maintained, as prescribed in this article,

by or against a corporation, or by or against an unincorporated

association, as if it were a natural person, or such an action may be

maintained by or against the receiver or other successor of any such

corporation or association, or by or against the people of the state of

New York, and the use of the masculine gender or of the term person in

this article includes the people of the state of New York.