NY Gen Mun L § 504-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 15 - Urban Renewal 504-A - Abandoned Dwellings and Mortgage Foreclosures in Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester County.

§  504-a.  Abandoned  dwellings  and  mortgage foreclosures in Nassau,   Suffolk or Westchester county. 1. Following site  designation,  pursuant   to section five hundred four of this article, a municipality or an urban   renewal   or   community   development  agency  in  Nassau,  Suffolk  or   Westchester county may certify a one, two or three  family  dwelling  as   abandoned.  Upon such certification, an action to foreclose any mortgage   on such dwelling may be commenced by. Process in such  action  shall  be   served  pursuant to subdivision four upon natural persons who are record   owners.2. Said certification of abandonment may be made if such  municipality   or  agency  finds  that:  (a) all or a part of the subject property lies   within an area that has been designated by the governing body as in need   of urban renewal, pursuant to such section five hundred  four;  (b)  the   subject property has been vacant for sixty consecutive days; and, (c) in   the  opinion  of  the  certifying  municipality  or  agency  the subject   property has become a danger to life, public  health  or  public  safety   and/or  has,  because of its physical condition and appearance, caused a   blighting influence to surrounding properties and is adversely affecting   neighborhood property values.3. Said  premises  shall  be  deemed  vacant  within  the  meaning  of   paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section if three or more of the   following  conditions  exist: (a) termination of service by the lighting   company,  which  termination  has  lasted  for  fifteen  days;  or   (b)   termination  of  telephone  service  by  the  telephone  company,  which   termination has lasted for fifteen days; or (c) failure to maintain  the   premises  in  reasonably  good  repair;  or  (d)  information  from  the   neighbors that the premises have been vacant for sixty days or more;  or   (e)  accumulation  of  mail  at the premises; or (f) blatant evidence of   vandalism; or (g) lack of furnishings inside the premises.4. Upon said certification of abandonment, the certifying municipality   or agency may file or record in the office of the clerk of  each  county   in which all or a part of the subject property is situated, without fee,   a  certification containing such findings and the facts upon which it is   based, describing the property and providing that an action to foreclose   any mortgage on said property, may be commenced by filing of the summons   and verified complaint with  personal  service  to  be  made  either  as   provided in subdivisions one through four of section three hundred eight   of the civil practice law and rules, or, with respect to natural persons   who  are record owners, by publishing, without the necessity for a court   order, of a copy of the summons together with notice to the defendant, a   brief statement of the nature of the action and the relief  sought,  the   sum  of  money for which judgment may be taken in case of default, and a   brief description of the property,  at  least  once  in  each  of  three   successive  weeks  in  a  newspaper  in  the English language of general   circulation in the municipality wherein all or a part  of  the  property   lies  and by mailing a copy of the summons and verified complaint to the   last known address of the  record  owner  or  owners  of  the  premises,   certified  mail,  return  receipt requested and by tacking a copy of the   summons and verified complaint, to  the  front  door  of  the  premises.   Service  shall  be  deemed  complete  twenty days after the last date of   publication, date of mailing or date of posting, whichever occurs last.5. All other parties to the lawsuit, other than record  owners,  shall   be  served with the summons and verified complaint as presently provided   in the CPLR.