A judge of a court of record is not disqualified from hearing or deciding an action, claim, matter, motion or proceeding, by reason of his being a resident or taxpayer of a town, village, city, or county, interested therein.
New York Legal Code
A judge of a court of record is not disqualified from hearing or deciding an action, claim, matter, motion or proceeding, by reason of his being a resident or taxpayer of a town, village, city, or county, interested therein.