Section 91. Court proceedings; preferences

All  actions  and proceedings
  under this  chapter,  and  all  actions  and  proceedings  commenced  or
  prosecuted by order of the commissioner, and all actions and proceedings
  to  which the commissioner or the people of the state of New York may be
  parties, and in which any question arises under this chapter,  or  under
  the  railroad  law,  or  under  or concerning any order or action of the
  commissioner, 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  excepting  election  causes,  irrespective  of  position on the
  calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application  in  any
  action or proceeding in which he may be allowed to intervene.