New York Court Proceedings; Preferences; Venue.




 
    § 265. Court proceedings; preferences; venue. Any action or proceeding
  to which the fund or the people of the state of New York may be parties,
  in  which  any question arises as to the validity of this article or any
  provision therein, 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 fund in any action or proceeding questioning the validity
  of this article or any provision therein 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 fund is located.