New York Consolidated Laws, Public Officers Law - PBO § 23. Order granting leave; action thereupon

Upon such an application, the court must grant an order, permitting the applicant to maintain an action upon the bond or undertaking. The action must be brought, in the court which granted the order, by the applicant as plaintiff; and it may be maintained, as if the applicant was the obligee named in the bond or undertaking, except as otherwise expressly prescribed in this article.