N.Y. PBA Law § 2485
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Court proceedings; preferences; venue
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* § 2485. Court proceedings; preferences; venue. Any action or\nproceeding to which the agency or the people of the state of New York\nmay be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of this\nact, shall be preferred over all other civil causes except election\ncauses in all courts of the state of New York and shall be heard and\ndetermined in preference to all other civil business pending therein\nexcept election causes, irrespective of position on the calendar. The\nsame preference shall be granted upon application of counsel to the\nauthority in any action or proceeding questioning the validity of this\ntitle in which he may be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such\naction or proceeding shall be laid in the county in which the principal\noffice of the authority is located.\n * NB (Disbanded March, 1980)\n
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