§ 31. Court proceedings; preferences; venue. Any action or proceeding
to which the corporation 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 corporation in any
action or proceeding questioning the validity of this act 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
corporation is located.