N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 905: Actions and proceedings maintainable by or against a temporary administrator 1

§ 905. Actions and proceedings maintainable by or against a temporary

administrator

1. A temporary administrator may maintain any action or proceeding

for the purpose of taking into his possession, securing and preserving

all property of a decedent, absentee or internee or for determining the

ownership of property.

2. Any action or proceeding may be maintained against a temporary

administrator upon a debt of the decedent, absentee or internee or upon

any cause of action to which the decedent, absentee or internee would

have been a party in like manner and with like effect as if he were an

administrator.