There are 62 Counties within the state of New York, and Article 5 (Venue) of the New York Civil Practice Law & Rules (CPLR) lays out the various rules and procedures for determining which County is the proper venue to file a civil cause of action the New York State Supreme Court, along with the proper procedure if an action is brought in an improper venue. However, in the event a case is brought in a proper county, but one, or more, of the litigants feels that they cannot receive a fair and impartial Trial in that county, they have one avenue of relief to try and transfer that case to a different county/venue.
CPLR §510 states:
Grounds for change of place of trial. The court, upon motion may change the place of trial of an action where:
1. the county designated for that purpose is not a proper county; or
2. there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the proper county; or
3. the convenience of material witnesses and the ends of justice will be promoted by the change.
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