§ 14. Preference for actions or proceedings against the corporation.
Any action or proceeding to which the corporation or the people of the
state may be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of
this act, shall be preferred over all other civil causes of action or
cases, except election causes of action or cases, in all courts of the
state 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 the corporation or its counsel in any action or
proceeding questioning the validity of this act in which the corporation
may be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or proceeding
shall be laid in the supreme court of the county of Albany.