N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2420: Court proceedings; preferences; venue

§ 2420. Court proceedings; preferences; venue. Any action or

proceeding to which the agency or the people of the state of New York

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

act, shall be preferred over all other civil causes except election

causes in all courts of the state of New York and shall be heard and

determined in preference to all other civil business pending therein

except election causes, irrespective of position on the calendar. The

same preference shall be granted upon application of counsel to the

agency in any action or proceeding questioning the validity of this

title in which he may be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such

action or proceeding shall be laid in the county in which the principal

office of the agency is located.