2006 New York Code - Jurisdiction Of Proceedings.

 
  §  2.  Jurisdiction  of  proceedings. The term "judge" when used in this
  article shall apply equally to a county judge of the county within which
  the assignment is recorded and to justices of the supreme court, and the
  term "court" when used in this article shall, in like manner,  apply  to
  the  county  court  of  such  county  and  to  the  supreme  court.  All
  applications hereunder made in the supreme court shall be  made  to  the
  court,  or  a  justice  thereof  within  the judicial district where the
  assignment is recorded, and all  proceedings  and  hearings  under  this
  article  had in the supreme court upon the return of a citation or order
  shall be had at a special term of said court held in  the  county  where
  the  debtor  resided  at  the  time  of the assignment, or in case of an
  assignment by copartners, in the county where  the  principal  place  of
  business  of  such  copartners was at the time of such assignment, or in
  the case of an assignment by a  corporation  in  the  county  where  the
  principal office of such corporation was at the time of such assignment.