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§  2799-oo.  Remedies  of  bondholders.  Subject  to any resolution or
resolutions adopted pursuant to paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision  six  of
section twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-gg of this title:
  1.  In  the  event  that the authority shall default in the payment of
principal of or interest on any issue of  bonds  after  the  same  shall
become  due,  whether  at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such
default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in the event that
the authority shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this
title or shall default in any agreement made with  the  holders  of  any
issue  of  bonds,  the  holders  of  twenty-five  percent  in  aggregate
principal amount of  the  bonds  of  such  issue  then  outstanding,  by
instrument  or  instruments filed in the office of the clerk of the city
and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be  recorded,
may  appoint  a  trustee  to represent the holders of such bonds for the
purpose provided in this section.
  2. Such trustee may, and  upon  written  request  of  the  holders  of
twenty-five  per  centum  in  principal amount of such bonds outstanding
shall, in his or her or its own name:

(a) by action or proceeding in accordance with the civil practice law and rules, enforce all rights of the bondholders and require the authority to carry out any other agreements with the holders of such bonds and to perform its duties under this title;

(b) bring an action or proceeding upon such bonds;

(c) by action or proceeding, require the authority to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds;

(d) by action or proceeding, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds; and

(e) declare all such bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good, then with the consent of the holders of twenty-five per centum of the principal amount of such bonds then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences. 3. Such trustee shall, in addition to the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section, have and possess all of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth in this section or incident to the general representation of bondholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights. 4. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any action or proceeding by the trustee on behalf of such bondholders. The venue of any such action or proceeding shall be laid in the county of New York. 5. Before declaring the principal of bonds due and payable, the trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the authority.