2015 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 22 - (General Business) MONOPOLIES
342-B - Recovery of damages by attorney general.

  342-b.  Recovery  of  damages  by  attorney general. In addition to
  existing statutory authority to bring such  actions  on  behalf  of  the
  state and public authorities, the attorney general may also bring action
  on  behalf of any political subdivision or public authority of the state
  upon the request of such political subdivision or  public  authority  to
  recover  damages  for  violations of section three hundred forty of this
  article,  or  to  recover  damages  provided  for  by  federal  law  for
  violations  of  the  federal  antitrust  laws.  In  any class action the
  attorney general may bring on  behalf  of  these  or  other  subordinate
  governmental   entities,   any   governmental   entity   that  does  not
  affirmatively exclude itself from the action, upon due  notice  thereof,
  shall be deemed to have requested to be treated as a member of the class
  represented  in  that  action.    The attorney general, on behalf of the
  state of New York, shall be entitled to retain from any moneys recovered
  in such actions the costs and expenses of such services.