N.Y. State Finance Law § 158: Power of comptroller to maintain actions

§ 158. Power of comptroller to maintain actions. The comptroller may,

at any time before the sale of the mortgaged premises, bring an action

to restrain the commission of waste by any person upon the mortgaged

premises, or to correct any mistake or omission in the description

thereof, or to recover the amount due on a mortgage. At any time before

payment and discharge of mortgage or before sale, if any person cuts or

removes or injures the timber, fences, buildings or other fixtures

belonging to such mortgaged premises, or threatens so to do, the

comptroller may maintain a like action for damages or an injunction.