269 - Pending actions and proceedings. - New York Statutes

§ 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.