§ 26. a. A justice of the supreme court may perform the duties of
office or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to
the supreme court in any judicial district or to the court of claims. A
justice of the supreme court in the city of New York may be temporarily
assigned to the family court in the city of New York or to the
surrogate's court in any county within the city of New York when
required to dispose of the business of such court.

b. A judge of the court of claims may perform the duties of office or
hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme
court in any judicial district.

c. A judge of the county court may perform the duties of office or
hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme
court in the judicial department of his or her residence or to the
county court or the family court in any county or to the surrogate's
court in any county outside the city of New York or to a court for the
city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this
article.

d. A judge of the surrogate's court in any county within the city of
New York may perform the duties of office or hold court in any county
and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme court in the judicial
department of his or her residence.

e. A judge of the surrogate's court in any county outside the city of
New York may perform the duties of office or hold court in any county
and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme court in the judicial
department of his or her residence or to the county court or the family
court in any county or to a court for the city of New York established
pursuant to section fifteen of this article.

f. A judge of the family court may perform the duties of office or
hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme
court in the judicial department of his or her residence or to the
county court or the family court in any county or to the surrogate's
court in any county outside of the city of New York or to a court for
the city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this
article.

g. A judge of a court for the city of New York established pursuant to
section fifteen of this article may perform the duties of office or hold
court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme court
in the judicial department of his or her residence or to the county
court or the family court in any county or to the other court for the
city of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this
article.

h. A judge of the district court in any county may perform the duties
of office or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to
the county court in the judicial department of his or her residence or
to a court for the city of New York established pursuant to section
fifteen of this article or to the district court in any county.

i. Temporary assignments of all the foregoing judges or justices
listed in this section, and of judges of the city courts pursuant to
paragraph two of subdivision j of this section, shall be made by the
chief administrator of the courts in accordance with standards and
administrative policies established pursuant to section twenty-eight of
this article.

j. (1) The legislature may provide for temporary assignments within
the county of residence or any adjoining county, of judges of town,
village or city courts outside the city of New York.

(2) In addition to any temporary assignments to which a judge of a
city court may be subject pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision,
such judge also may be temporarily assigned by the chief administrator
of the courts to the county court, the family court or the district
court within his or her county of residence or any adjoining county
provided he or she is not permitted to practice law.

k. While temporarily assigned pursuant to the provisions of this
section, any judge or justice shall have the powers, duties and
jurisdiction of a judge or justice of the court to which assigned. After
the expiration of any temporary assignment, as provided in this section,
the judge or justice assigned shall have all the powers, duties and
jurisdiction of a judge or justice of the court to which he or she was
assigned with respect to matters pending before him or her during the
term of such temporary assignment.