2006 New York Code - Pending Actions And Proceedings.

 
    §  29.13  Pending  actions  and proceedings.   No action or proceeding
  pending at the time when this act  shall  take  effect,  brought  by  or
  against  any  board,  trust, council or commission and pertaining to any
  function, power or duty transferred to the office by this act, shall  be
  affected  by  any  other  provision  of  this  act,  but the same may be
  prosecuted or defended in the name of the commissioner  or  the  office,
  and  upon  application to the court, the commissioner or office shall be
  substituted as a party.