§ 23. Construction of article. This article is to be construed\nliberally to secure the beneficial interests and purposes thereof. A\nsubstantial compliance with its several provisions shall be sufficient\nfor the validity of a lien and to give jurisdiction to the courts to\nenforce the same.\n
N.Y. Lien Law § 23
Construction of article
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Skanska USA Building Inc. v. Atlantic Yards B2 Owner, LLC (2016)
Most recently applied in Matter of JT2 Squared Realty, LLC v. Interiors by Shelley Stein-Bigajer (September 2023)
2014-09-22
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.