N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 131

§ 131. Construction of act of reconsolidation. 1. This chapter shall\nbe construed as a continuation and reenactment of the provisions of the\nreal property law repealed by article 21 hereof as such provisions\nexisted on December 31, 1961.\n 2. The repeal by this chapter of provisions of the real property law\nspecified in article 21 hereof and the enactment of this chapter shall\nnot affect any action or proceeding pending under any such provision at\nthe time this chapter shall take effect.\n 3. Any act of the legislature of the year 1962 or 1963 which in form\namends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or\nprovisions of the real property law repealed by article 21 of this\nchapter shall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal of such\nprovision or provisions and shall be construed as an amendment or\nrepeal, as the case may be, of the corresponding provision or provisions\nof this chapter, and such corresponding provisions shall be construed to\nbe amended, modified, changed or repealed as though they had been\nexpressly and in terms so amended or repealed.\n 4. Reference by any law, general or special, in force on December 31,\n1961, or in any act of the legislature of the year 1962 or 1963, to a\nprovision of the real property law repealed by article 21 of this\nchapter as in force immediately before the time this chapter shall take\neffect shall be construed to refer to the corresponding provision of\nthis chapter.\n