The following excerpt is from Beer Garden, Inc. v. New York State Liquor Authority, 582 N.Y.S.2d 65, 590 N.E.2d 1193, 79 N.Y.2d 266 (N.Y. 1992):
Judiciary Law 14 provides that no Judge shall "sit as such in, or take any part in the decision of, an action, claim, matter, motion or proceeding to which he [or she] is a party, or in which he [or she] has been attorney or counsel." While we recognize that this provision pertains only to courts of record, the common-law rule of disqualification embodied by the statute has been applied to administrative tribunals exercising quasi-judicial functions (see, e.g., Matter of City of Rochester, 208 N.Y. 188, 192, 101 N.E. 875, rearg. denied 209 N.Y. 529, 102 N.E. 1100; Matter of Washington County Cease v. Persico, 120 Misc.2d 207, 228-229, 465 N.Y.S.2d 965, aff'd 99 A.D.2d 321, 473 N.Y.S.2d 610, aff'd on other grounds 64 N.Y.2d 923, 488 N.Y.S.2d 630, 477 N.E.2d 1084).
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