2006 New York Code - Incapacity, Disqualification Or Absence Of The County Judges Of Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster And Schenectady Counties.

 
    § 193. Incapacity, disqualification or absence of the county judges of
  Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster and Schenectady counties.  If the county judge
  of  Suffolk county, Dutchess county, Ulster county or Schenectady county
  is for any reason incapacitated, disqualified, or incapable to act in an
  action or special proceeding or other matter  pending  or  about  to  be
  instituted in the county court of his county, or before him, or if he is
  for  any  reason  absent  from  his  county,  then the action or special
  proceeding or other matter may be continued or instituted before  either
  a  justice of the supreme court within the same judicial district as the
  county judge or the surrogate of the county, who shall possess the  same
  power  and authority in the action or special proceeding or other matter
  which the county judge possesses in  a  like  action  or  proceeding  or
  matter brought in the county court.