N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 21-0709

§ 21-0709. Jurisdiction of courts.\n Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of\ncompetent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall, with reference to\nthis state, mean the supreme court, and said court is hereby given all\nnecessary and appropriate jurisdiction to hear and determine any action\nor proceeding brought before it pursuant to appropriate provisions of\nthe compact. As used in subdivision six of section ten of article ten of\nthe compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean a\ncourt in which an appropriate proceeding under article seventy-eight of\nthe Civil Practice Law and Rules may be brought. As used in item one of\nparagraph (a) of subdivision one of section fourteen of article fourteen\nof the compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean\nany court of this state in which an action or proceeding of the class\nbrought by the Delaware river basin commission may be heard and\ndetermined.\n