N.Y. Public Authorities Law Section 1218
Pending actions and proceedings

1.

Provision shall be made in the agreement described in § 1803 (Purposes of the authority)section eighteen hundred three of this title for the assumption by the city of the payment of judgments or claims based upon a cause of action arising prior to the date of transfer of transit facilities.

2.

This title shall not affect any action or proceeding brought by or against the board of transportation, transit commission, or the former transit construction commissioner, public service commission for the first district, or the board of rapid transit railroad commissioners, and, upon application by the authority to the court, the authority shall be substituted as a party in such pending action or proceeding and such action or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the authority. Any investigation, examination or hearing undertaken, commenced or instituted by the board of transportation, transit commission or the former transit construction commissioner or the public service commission for the first district or the board of rapid transit railroad commissioners before the time this title takes effect, and relating to a subject or matter, jurisdiction whereof was conveyed to the authority, may be conducted to final determination by the authority.

Source: Section 1218 — Pending actions and proceedings, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBA/1218 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

1200
Definitions 1201
New York city transit authority 1202
Purposes of the authority 1203
Transfer of transit facilities by the city to the authority 1203‑A
Subsidiary corporation 1203‑B
Transfer of funds 1204
General powers of the authority 1204‑A
Rapid transit noise code 1204‑C
Receipt of line of duty pay 1204‑D
Special powers of the authority 1204‑E
New York city transit authority advisory council 1204‑F
Subway track safety 1205
Rates of fare and levels of service 1205‑A
Surrender of power plants 1206
Omnibus operations 1206‑A
Transit construction fund 1207
Notes and equipment trusts 1207‑A
Purchase of cars by the authority and disposition thereof 1207‑B
Issuance of bonds and notes by the authority 1207‑C
Required redemption of bonds 1207‑D
Agreement of the state 1207‑E
State and city not liable on bonds or notes 1207‑F
Bonds and notes legal investments for fiduciaries 1207‑G
Exemptions from taxation 1207‑H
Remedies of bondholders and noteholders 1207‑I
Rates of fare while bonds, notes and other obligations are outstanding 1207‑J
Limitation on the exercise of powers by authority and lease renewal 1207‑K
Purchase, financing and lease of cars and rolling stock by city 1207‑L
Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded 1207‑M
Transit projects 1208
Revenue and accounts 1209
Contracts 1209‑A
Transit adjudication bureau 1210
Employees 1210‑A
Flexible benefits program 1211
Members and employees not to be interested in contracts 1212
Actions against the authority 1212‑A
Security by authority 1213
Report 1214
Rapid transit law 1215
Construction of terms 1216
Exemption from taxation and fees 1217
Records 1218
Pending actions and proceedings 1219
Continuity of jurisdiction 1219‑A
Transfer and receipt of surplus funds 1220
Separability 1221
Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded
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Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 1218’s source at nysenate​.gov

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