§ 1026. Review of determinations by administrative officers of the
unified court system. In any action or proceeding brought to review a
determination of the chief judge of the court of appeals, of the court
of appeals or of the administrative board of the courts, made pursuant
to the provisions of article seven-A of the judiciary law or section
twenty-eight of article six of the constitution, the only proper party
to be named therein shall be the chief administrator of the courts, in
his representative capacity. No action or proceeding so instituted shall
name the chief judge, the court of appeals or any member thereof, or the
administrative board or any member thereof as a party.