New York Judiciary Law Section 81 - Associate justice of appellate division to preside in absence of presiding justice.

 81. Associate justice of appellate division to preside in absence of
  presiding  justice.  If  the  presiding  justice  is  not present at the
  sitting of the appellate division, the associate  justice  presiding  in
  the  department  having  served the longest time as such, or, if two are
  present who have served the same length of time, the elder of them  must
  act as presiding justice until a presiding justice attends.

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