N.Y. Judiciary Law § 81: Associate justice of appellate division to preside in absence of presiding justice

§ 81. Associate justice of appellate division to preside in absence of

presiding justice. If the presiding justice is not present at the

sitting of the appellate division, the associate justice presiding in

the department having served the longest time as such, or, if two are

present who have served the same length of time, the elder of them must

act as presiding justice until a presiding justice attends.