CPLR § 7802

Parties

§ 7802. Parties. (a) Definition of "body or officer". The expression "body or officer" includes every court, tribunal, board, corporation, officer, or other person, or aggregation of persons, whose action may be affected by a proceeding under this article

(b) Persons whose terms of office have expired; successors. Whenever necessary to accomplish substantial justice, a proceeding under this article may be maintained against an officer exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions, or member of a body whose term of office has expired. Any party may join the successor of such officer or member of a body or other person having custody of the record of proceedings under review.

(c) Prohibition in favor of another. Where the proceeding is brought to restrain a body or officer from proceeding without or in excess of jurisdiction in favor of another, the latter shall be joined as a party.

(d) Other interested persons. The court may direct that notice of the proceeding be given to any person. It may allow other interested persons to intervene.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/7802

In plain English

(a) "Body or officer" is defined broadly: every court, tribunal, board, corporation, officer, or group of persons whose action could be affected by this proceeding. ★ Basically any government actor.
(b) Expired terms / successors. To do "substantial justice" you can still proceed against a judicial or quasi-judicial officer (or board member) even after their term ended, and you may add their successor or whoever now holds the records.
(c) Prohibition in favor of another. If you're trying to stop an officer from acting outside their jurisdiction in favor of someone else, that someone else must be joined as a party. ★
(d) Other interested persons. The court may order notice to any person and may let interested persons intervene.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.