2006 New York Code - Record And Notice Of Unsafe Structures Or Premises.

 
    §  26-236  Record  and  notice  of  unsafe  structures or premises. a.
  Docket, order and notice. Immediately upon the receipt of  a  report  by
  any  officer or employee of the department that a structure or part of a
  structure or premises is unsafe or dangerous, structurally or as a  fire
  hazard,  or is dangerous or detrimental to human life, health or morals,
  the superintendent shall cause the report to be entered upon a docket of
  unsafe structures and  premises.  Such  docket  shall  be  kept  in  the
  department.  The owner, or one of the owners, executors, administrators,
  agents, lessees or any other person who may have a vested or  contingent
  interest in the structure or premises, shall be served with a printed or
  written  notice  containing  a  description of the structure or premises
  deemed unsafe or dangerous, or detrimental  to  human  life,  health  or
  morals,  and  an  order  requiring such structure or premises to be made
  safe and secure, or removed, or to be vacated and made safe  and  secure
  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by the superintendent. Such notice shall
  require  the  person  thus  served  immediately  to   certify   to   the
  superintendent  his  or  her  acceptance  or rejection of the order. The
  notice shall further notify said person that upon his or her refusal  or
  neglect  to  comply  with  any of the requirements of this section or of
  section 26-237 of this article, a survey of the premises named  in  such
  notice  will  be  made  at a time and place therein named, in accordance
  with section 26-238 of this article. The notice  shall  also  set  forth
  that,  if  the  premises  referred  to  therein  are  reported unsafe or
  dangerous by the surveyors, their  report  will  be  placed  before  the
  supreme  court  and  that  a  trial  upon the allegations and statements
  contained therein, whether such report contain more  or  less  than  the
  notice  of  survey,  will  be  had before such court at a time and place
  named in such notice, to  determine  whether  the  unsafe  or  dangerous
  structure  or  premises  shall  be  vacated and repaired and secured, or
  repaired and secured, or taken down and removed, and that  a  report  of
  such survey, reduced to writing, shall constitute the issue to be placed
  before the court for trial.
    b.  Manner  of  service  of  order  and  notice.  The order and notice
  pursuant to this section shall be served by delivering to and leaving  a
  copy  of  the  order  and  notice  with the person to whom the order and
  notice is addressed, if such person can be found within the  city  after
  diligent  search. In the event that such service cannot be made, service
  shall be made in accordance with the  provisions  of  subdivision  d  of
  section 26-244 of this subchapter.