A New York State Supreme Court judge denied Mayor Eric Adams’ request to prevent a change of venue for the lawsuit the city filed against suburban counties who imposed emergency orders blocking the bus of migrants to their turf.

Manhattan judge Lyle E.  Frank ruled on Thursday the cases have to be heard in the impacted jurisdictions —  the counties outside New York City, or, in this particular case, Suffolk County.

Adams’ administration filed a lawsuit against the Long Island city of Riverhead in Suffolk County, following an executive order halting shipments of migrants from New York City earlier this year. 

Riverhead requested that the case be heard in Suffolk County, which New York City opposed, requesting the case instead remain in Manhattan, citing “judicial economy” and its repeated claims “that the material events giving rise to the instant litigation occurred and are occurring in New York County,” according to court documents.

“The Court does not find the City’s arguments persuasive,” Frank wrote.

“First, the material events giving rise to the litigation is not the influx of migrants arriving in New York City, the material events that give rise to this instant litigation are the issuance and enforcement of the Executive Orders issued by respondents. The petition and the relief sought make that clear. 

“Moreover, the Court finds that the City has failed to establish any compelling circumstances as to warrant that venue remain in New York County in violation of the applicable statutes that mandate the judicial proceeding or action against a county to be in said county or in the “judicial district where the respondent made the determination complained of,” he concluded.

The case in Riverhead will be transferred to the State Supreme Court in Suffolk County, Frank ruled.

“New York City has already sheltered, fed and provided a multitude of services to more than 90,000 asylum seekers since last year. We’ve done more than any other level of government to help those seeking asylum, but we are out of space,” a City Hall spokesperson said. “As the mayor has said, New York City will continue to do its part, but we need all counties and towns to step up and do their parts as well.

“While we review our legal options, we urge our state and federal partners to find a national solution to this national crisis.”

Adams has faced several lawsuits from New York counties earlier this year after the city started shipping migrants to local hotels as it struggled to find space for them across the five boroughs.

In recent weeks, more than 400 migrants were bussed up to Erie County, officials there said.

Roughly 2,800 migrants had arrived in the Big Apple last week alone, Adams said last week, adding to the nearly 100,000 who have poured in since April last year.

More than 54,800 asylum seekers are staying at one of the city’s 188 emergency shelter sites set up to deal with the surge, officials said.

Other migrants have set themselves up in tents on the streets.

Riverhead attorney Chris Renke hailed the judge’s ruling and said Adams’ decision to distribute fliers urging migrants at the border from coming to New York proves the point that the unrelenting influx to the region is unsustainable.

“Interestingly, after we made our compelling arguments in open Court on Tuesday, the city ‘pivoted’ one day later, with Mayor Adams announcing, among other things, a plan to hand out fliers to migrants/asylum-seekers at the border discouraging them from coming to the City in the first instance,” he said.

“This is a pressing issue of major importance on both the federal, state and local level, particularly given the lack of any immigration policy/coordination/control at the southern border of the United States.”