N.Y. CPLR § 7802

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 7802 Parties § 7802. Parties. (a) Definition of "body or officer". The expression"body or officer" includes every court, tribunal, board, corporation,officer, or other person, or aggregation of persons, whose action may beaffected by a proceeding under this article(b) Persons whose terms of office have expired; successors. Whenevernecessary to accomplish substantial justice, a proceeding under thisarticle may be maintained against an officer exercising judicial orquasi-judicial functions, or member of a body whose term of office hasexpired. Any party may join the successor of such officer or member of abody or other person having custody of the record of proceedings underreview.(c) Prohibition in favor of another. Where the proceeding is broughtto restrain a body or officer from proceeding without or in excess ofjurisdiction in favor of another, the latter shall be joined as a party.(d) Other interested persons. The court may direct that notice of theproceeding be given to any person. It may allow other interested personsto intervene.