N.Y. DCD Law § 212
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Effect of assignment
Official statutory text
§ 212. Effect of assignment. Such assignment shall transfer to the\npersons to whom it shall be made, all the remaining estate and effects,\nvested in the trustee so renouncing; and such new assignee shall have\nthe same powers, be subject to the same duties, and be entitled to the\nsame compensation, as the original trustee; and shall continue any suit\nthat may have been commenced by such original trustee, in his name, or\nin that of such new assignee.\n
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