N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 905 (2026)

§ 905. Actions and proceedings maintainable by or against a temporary
         administrator
  1.  A temporary administrator may maintain any action or proceeding
for the purpose of taking into his possession, securing and preserving
all property of a decedent, absentee or internee or for determining the
ownership of property.
  2.  Any action or proceeding may be maintained against a temporary
administrator upon a debt of the decedent, absentee or internee or upon
any cause of action to which the decedent, absentee or internee would
have been a party in like manner and with like effect as if he were an
administrator.