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The assistant corporation counsel in charge of the recovery of penalties, subject only to the approval of the corporation counsel, may settle, compromise, adjust or discontinue any action brought to recover a penalty in the name of the city or any agency thereof, provided that the penalty sued for does not exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars.
In all actions or proceedings, in either the state or United States courts, in which the city or any department thereof shall be a party, an undertaking, bond, security, or stipulation which is required of the city as a condition to the obtaining of any legal remedy or process, or to the perfecting of an appeal or the stay of execution or other writ in the nature thereof, may be executed on behalf of the city by the comptroller, upon the advice of the corporation counsel that it should be executed, and in such form or manner as he or she may approve or advise.
The corporation counsel, in his or her discretion may appear, or direct any of his or her assistants to appear, in any action or proceeding, whether criminal or civil, which may be brought against any officer, subordinate or employee in the service of the city, or of any of the counties contained therein, by reason of any acts done or omitted by such officer, subordinate or employee, while in the performance of his or her duty, whenever such appearance is requested by the head of the agency in which such officer, subordinate or employee is employed or whenever the interests of the city require the appearance of the corporation counsel. The head of the agency in which such officer, subordinate or employee is employed shall submit all pertinent papers and other documents to the corporation counsel.
The district attorney and the employees of his or her office in each of the counties within the city shall be entitled to legal representation by the corporation counsel and indemnification by the city pursuant to the provisions of, and subject to the conditions, procedures and limitations contained in section fifty-k of the general municipal law.
a. The corporation counsel shall make available through the city's website a true and complete compilation of:
1. The charter, the administrative code, and the rules of the city of New York; and
2. Unconsolidated local laws enacted after January 1, 1985 that remain in effect, except such compilation shall not include any unconsolidated provision of local law that relates solely to the effective date of such local law or that solely establishes as severable any part or provision of such local law.
b. Such compilation shall include as annotations to relevant sections of the charter and administrative code any unconsolidated portions of local laws enacted after January 1, 1985 that amended such sections.
c. Such compilation shall be published in a searchable, machine-readable format or formats that are capable of being downloaded in bulk, and which are chosen for the purpose of making such compilations available to the greatest number of users and for the greatest number of applications. Such compilation shall be updated to reflect changes to such compilation no later than four weeks after such changes are made.
(Am. L.L. 2020/082, 8/28/2020, eff. 6/24/2023)
Editor's note: See Appendix A for unconsolidated local laws compiled pursuant to subdivision b of this section.
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