2006 New York Code - Continuance Of Special Proceeding Before Another Officer.

 
    §  7-c.  Continuance of special proceeding before another officer.  In
  case of the death, sickness, resignation, removal from  office,  absence
  from  the  county,  or  other disability of an officer before whom or in
  whose court a special proceeding has been instituted, where  no  express
  provision  is  made  by  law  for  the  continuance  thereof,  it may be
  continued before or in the court of
    1. the officer's successor, or
    2. if there is no successor  capable  of  acting,  any  other  officer
  residing  in  the  same county before whom it might have been originally
  instituted, or
    3. if there is  neither  a  successor  nor  an  officer  specified  in
  paragraph  two  capable of acting, an officer in an adjoining county who
  would originally have had jurisdiction of  the  subject  matter  had  it
  occurred  or  existed  in  the latter county. An officer substituted, as
  prescribed by law, to continue a special  proceeding  instituted  before
  another, may exercise all powers in the special proceeding, as if it had
  been originally instituted before him.