§ 213 — Enforcement proceedings against redevelopment corporations

§ 213. Enforcement proceedings against redevelopment corporations.\nWhenever a redevelopment corporation shall not have obtained the\ncertificates of approval of its development plan required by section two\nhundred three of this article within twelve months of the date upon\nwhich it became a redevelopment corporation, or shall not have\nsubstantially complied with its development plan within the time limits\nfor the completion of each stage thereof as therein stated, reasonable\ndelays caused by unforeseen difficulties excepted, or shall do, permit\nto be done or fail or omit to do anything contrary to or required of it,\nas the case may be, by this article, or shall be about so to do, permit\nto be done or fail or omit to have done, as the case may be, then any\nsuch fact may be certified by the planning commission or the supervising\nagency, whichever shall have supervision thereof, to the chief legal\nofficer of the city, who may thereupon commence a proceeding in the\nsupreme court of the state of New York in its name for the purpose of\nhaving such action, failure or omission, or threatened action, failure\nor omission, established by order of the court for the purpose stated in\nsubdivision two of section two hundred five of this article, or stopped,\nprevented or otherwise rectified by order, injunction or otherwise. Such\nproceeding 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 redevelopment corporation complained of must answer the\npetition. The court shall, immediately after a default in answering or\nafter answer, as the case may be, inquire into the facts and\ncircumstances in such manner as the court shall direct without other or\nformal proceedings, and without respect to any technical requirements.\nSuch other persons or corporations as it shall seem to the court\nnecessary or proper to join as parties in order to make its order or\njudgment effective may be joined as parties. The final judgment or order\nin any such action or proceeding shall dismiss the action or proceeding\nor establish the failure complained of or direct that an order, or an\ninjunction, or both, issue, or grant such other relief as the court may\ndeem appropriate.\n