2010 New York Code
RPA - Real Property Actions & Proceedings
Article 7 - (701 - 767) SUMMARY PROCEEDING TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY
733 - Time of service; order to show cause.

§  733. Time of service; order to show cause. 1. Except as provided in
  section 732, relating to a  proceeding  for  non-payment  of  rent,  the
  notice  of  petition  and petition shall be served at least five and not
  more than twelve days before the time at which the petition  is  noticed
  to be heard.
    2.  The court may grant an order to show cause to be served in lieu of
  a notice of petition. If the special proceeding is based upon the ground
  specified in subdivision 1 of section 711, and the order to  show  cause
  is  sought  on  the  day  of the expiration of the lease or the next day
  thereafter, it may be served at a time specified therein which shall  be
  at least two hours before the hour at which the petition is to be heard.