2017 New York Laws
RAT - Rapid Transit
Article 6 - Acquisition of Property by the City
53 - Corporation Counsel to Acquire Property.

  53.  Corporation  counsel to acquire property.   a. Whenever and as
  often as the board of transportation shall deem it to be  necessary  and
  proper  that  the  city  should acquire any such property and shall have
  caused such maps or plans and  memoranda  specifying  and  defining  the
  property to be acquired, or to which are appurtenant the property rights
  to  be  acquired  or  extinguished, to be made and shall have certified,
  filed and transmitted the several  copies  of  such  maps  or  plans  as
  prescribed  in  section fifty-two of this chapter, such board may direct
  the corporation counsel to take legal proceedings to  acquire  the  same
  for  the  city,  and  the corporation counsel shall thereupon take legal
  proceedings as provided in this chapter.
b. The corporation counsel, either in person or by such counsel as  he
  shall  designate  for  the  purpose,  shall  appear  for and protect the
  interests of the city in all such  proceedings.  He  shall  furnish  the
  court  with such necessary clerks and other employees as it may require.
  All necessary expenses incurred by the corporation counsel in and  about
  the proceedings provided for by this chapter for the proper presentation
  and  defense  of  the  interests  of  the  city,  shall  be  paid by the
  comptroller out of the funds referred to in section sixty-nine  of  this
  chapter.  Property  owners  appearing  in proceedings under this chapter
  shall not be entitled to recover counsel fees, costs,  disbursements  or
  allowances.