N.Y. Public Service Law § 21: Court proceedings; preferences

§ 21. Court proceedings; preferences. All actions and proceedings

under this chapter, and all actions and proceedings commenced or

prosecuted by order of the commission, and all actions and proceedings

to which the commission or the people of the state of New York may be

parties, and in which any question arises under this chapter, or under

the railroad law, or under or concerning any order or action of the

commission, 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 excepting election causes, irrespective of position on the

calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application in any

action or proceeding in which the commission may be allowed to

intervene.