N.Y. Judiciary Law § 193: Incapacity, disqualification or absence of the county judges of Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster and Schenectady counties

§ 193. Incapacity, disqualification or absence of the county judges of

Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster and Schenectady counties. If the county judge

of Suffolk county, Dutchess county, Ulster county or Schenectady county

is for any reason incapacitated, disqualified, or incapable to act in an

action or special proceeding or other matter pending or about to be

instituted in the county court of his county, or before him, or if he is

for any reason absent from his county, then the action or special

proceeding or other matter may be continued or instituted before either

a justice of the supreme court within the same judicial district as the

county judge or the surrogate of the county, who shall possess the same

power and authority in the action or special proceeding or other matter

which the county judge possesses in a like action or proceeding or

matter brought in the county court.