Section 2485. Court proceedings; preferences; venue

Any  action or
  proceeding to which the agency or the people of the state  of  New  York
  may  be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of this
  act, 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
  authority  in  any action or proceeding questioning the validity of this
  title 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 authority is located.
    * NB (Disbanded March, 1980)