N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2127: Hearings

§ 2127. Hearings. A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of

the commissioner under this article is entitled to a hearing. The

commissioner shall grant a hearing to an applicant therefor as soon as

practicable, except that if a certificate of title is temporarily

suspended, within ten days after receipt of a written request for such

hearing. No hearing shall be required because of the refusal of the

commissioner to issue a certificate of title in a case where the

commissioner determines that a request for such hearing is frivolous or

based upon sham. The applicant may be heard in person or by counsel. The

hearing shall be at such time and place as the commissioner shall

prescribe. The commissioner acting by such officer or person in the

department of motor vehicles as he may designate, shall have the power

to temporarily omit to take any action under this article pending a

hearing and to subpoena and bring before the officer or person so

designated any person in this state and administer an oath to and take

testimony of any person or cause his deposition to be taken with the

same fees and mileage in the same manner as prescribed by law in

judicial procedure in courts of this state in civil cases.