N.Y. Transportation Law § 269: Pending actions and proceedings

§ 269. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding

pending at the time when this chapter shall take effect, brought by or

against the superintendent of public works or the department of public

works shall be affected by any provision of this chapter, but the same

may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the commissioner or

department of transportation. In all such actions and proceedings, the

department of transportation, upon application to the court, shall be

substituted as a party.