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Name; powers and rights of the corporation; seal.

NYC Admin. Code § 2-101
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§ 2-101 Name; powers and rights of the corporation; seal. The city shall be a body politic and corporate in fact and in law with power to contract and to be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to have a common seal and to have perpetual succession.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-63Fetched: 10/24/2026

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