General Municipal Law § 770 · Title 2. Consolidation of Local Government Entities
Effect on actions and proceedings
Text — Law content up to date as of September 11, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 770. Effect on actions and proceedings. 1. Suits may be brought and maintained against a consolidated local government entity in any of the courts of the state in the same manner as against any other local government entity.
2. In any action or proceeding pending on the effective date of consolidation to which any component local government entity is a party, the consolidated local government entity may be substituted in its place and the action or proceeding may be prosecuted to judgment as if consolidation had not taken place.
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- Law content up to date as of September 11, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/GMU770
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