N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 9002: Death, disability or incapacity of judge following verdict, report, decision, or determination of motion or special proceeding

Rule 9002. Death, disability or incapacity of judge following verdict,

report, decision, or determination of motion or special proceeding.

The death, sickness, resignation, removal from or expiration of office

or other disability or legal incapacity of a judge following his

verdict, report, decision or determination of a motion or special

proceeding in any matter in a civil judicial proceeding shall not affect

its validity. Unless otherwise provided by rule of the chief

administrator of the courts, any other judge of the same court may, on

the application of a party, give effect to such verdict, report,

decision or determination and make and sign an appropriate order or

judgment based thereon, which shall have the same effect as if it had

been made by the judge upon whose verdict, report, decision or

determination it is based.