N.Y. DPN Law § 15

§ 15. Whenever the port authority shall be of the opinion that any\nperson, association or corporation subject to its jurisdiction is\nfailing or omitting, or about to fail or omit to do anything required of\nit by the laws governing the development and regulation of the port of\nNew York, or by its order, or is doing or is about to do anything, or\npermitting, or about to permit anything to be done contrary to, or in\nviolation of, such law or orders, it shall direct its legal\nrepresentative to commence an action or proceeding in the name of the\nport authority, in an appropriate court having jurisdiction, for the\npurpose of having such violations, or threatened violations, stopped and\nprevented either by mandamus or injunction. Such an action or proceeding\nmay be brought in the supreme court of this state, and the said court\nshall have and is hereby given the necessary and appropriate\njurisdiction to grant mandamus or injunction, as the case may require,\nor any other relief appropriate to the case.\n Failure of such person, association or corporation to notify the port\nauthority, as required in the preceding section, of its acceptance of\nand willingness to obey any order of the port authority shall be and be\ndeemed to be prima facie proof that such person, association or\ncorporation is guilty of such violation, or threatened violation. The\nlegal representative of the port authority shall begin such action or\nproceeding by a petition to the appropriate court, alleging the\nviolation complained of and praying for appropriate relief by way of\nmandamus or injunction. If the petition is directed to a court of this\nstate, it shall thereupon be the duty of the court to specify the time,\nnot exceeding twenty days after the service of a copy of the petition,\nwithin which the person, association or corporation complained of must\nanswer the petition. In case of default in answer, or after answer, the\ncourt shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances, in\nsuch manner as the court shall direct, without other or formal pleadings\nand without respect to any technical requirement. Such other persons,\nassociations or corporations as the court shall deem necessary or proper\nto join as parties, in order to make its order, judgment or writs\neffective, may be joined as parties upon application of the legal\nrepresentative of the port authority. The final judgment in any such\naction or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding, or\ndirect that a writ of mandamus, or an injunction, or both, issue as\nprayed for in the petition, or in such modified or other form as the\ncourt may determine will afford the appropriate relief.\n