§ 242. Presiding judge. The president of the senate, or in case of his impeachment, death or absence, the chief judge of the court of appeals, or in the absence of both, such other member as the court may elect, is the presiding judge of the court.
Presiding judge
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 242, under Of the Court For the Trial of Impeachments.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 242