N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2050-x: Preference for actions or proceedings against agency

§ 2050-x. Preference for actions or proceedings against agency. Any

action or proceeding to which the agency or the people of the state may

be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of this

title, shall be preferred over all other civil causes of action or

cases, except election causes of action or cases, in all courts of the

state and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil

business pending therein, except election cases, irrespective of

position on the calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon

application of the agency or its counsel in any action or proceeding

questioning the validity of this title in which the agency may be

allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or proceeding shall

be laid in the supreme court of the county.