N.Y. PVH Law § 91

§ 91. Proceedings against housing companies. 1. Whenever the\ncommissioner shall be of the opinion that a housing company is failing\nor omitting, or is about to fail or omit to do anything required of it\nby law or by order of the commissioner or is doing or is about to do\nanything, or permitting anything, or is about to permit anything to be\ndone, contrary to and in violation of law or of any order of the\ncommissioner, or which is improvident or prejudicial to the interest of\nthe public, the lienholders, the shareholders, partners, beneficiaries\nor the tenants, the commissioner shall commence an action or proceeding\nin the supreme court of the state of New York in the name of the\ncommissioner, in accordance with the provisions of the civil practice\nlaw and rules for the purpose of having such violations or threatened\nviolations stopped and prevented, and in such action or proceeding, the\ncourt may appoint a temporary or permanent receiver or both. Such action\nor proceeding shall be commenced by a petition to the supreme court,\nalleging the violation complained of and praying for appropriate relief.\nIt shall thereupon be the duty of the court to specify the time, not\nexceeding twenty days after service of a copy of the petition, within\nwhich the housing company complained of must answer the petition. In\ncase of default in answer or after answer the court shall immediately\ninquire into the facts and circumstances in such manner as the court\nshall direct without other or formal pleadings, and without respect to\nany technical requirements. Such other persons or corporations as it\nshall seem to the court necessary or proper to join as parties in order\nto make its order or judgment effective, may be joined as parties. The\nfinal judgment in any such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the\naction or proceeding or direct that an order or an injunction, or both,\nissue, or provide for the appointment of a receiver as prayed for in the\npetition, or grant such other relief as the court may deem appropriate.\n 2. In the event that a municipality shall make a loan to a housing\ncompany, the municipality, as well as the commissioner, shall have the\npowers enumerated in subdivision one of this section.\n