Whoever the judge is he or she is likely not to have an oath of office properly published. I did some research about this recently. If you are out of the Five Boroughs and in a county where the City of XXXX does not cover the County of XXXXXX geographically, your "judge" had to file his or her oath of office with the secretary of state within 30 days of taking the office.
I can tell you with almost certainty that did not happen. Vacate the judgment because it came from a vacant office.
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/me...MMONQUERY=LAWS click on Public Officers; Appointment and Qualifications of Public Officers and Official Oaths:
§ 10. Official oaths. Every officer shall take and file the oath of office required by law, and every judicial officer of the unified court system...
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/ethc/POL.htm
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/pdfs/dos1750.pdf
Regards,
David Merrill.