2023 New York Laws › RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings › Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property › 741 - Contents of Petition.

§  741.  Contents  of  petition. The petition shall be verified by the
  person authorized by section seven hundred twenty-one  to  maintain  the
  proceeding;  or  by  a  legal  representative, attorney or agent of such
  person pursuant to subdivision (d) of section thirty hundred  twenty  of
  the  civil practice law and rules. An attorney of such person may verify
  the petition on information and belief  notwithstanding  the  fact  that
  such  person  is  in the county where the attorney has his office. Every
  petition shall:
1. State the interest of the petitioner in  the  premises  from  which
  removal is sought.
2.   State   the   respondent's  interest  in  the  premises  and  his
  relationship to petitioner with regard thereto.
3. Describe the premises from which removal is sought.
4. State the facts upon which the special proceeding is based.
5. State the relief sought. The relief may include a judgment for rent
  due, and for a period of occupancy during which no rent is due, for  the
  fair  value  of  use  and  occupancy  of  the  premises if the notice of
  petition contains a notice that a demand for such a  judgment  has  been
  made.
* 5-a.  Append  or incorporate the notice required pursuant to section
  two hundred thirty-one-c of the real property law, which shall state the
  following: (i) if the premises are or are not subject to  article  six-A
  of  the  real  property  law,  the "good cause eviction law", and if the
  premises are exempt, such petition shall  state  why  the  premises  are
  exempt from such law; (ii) if the landlord is not renewing the lease for
  a  unit  subject  to  article six-A of the real property law, the lawful
  basis for such non-renewal; and (iii) if the landlord is increasing  the
  rent  upon  an  existing lease of a unit subject to article six-A of the
  real property law above the applicable local rent standard,  as  defined
  in  subdivision eight of section two hundred eleven of the real property
  law, the justification for such increase.
* NB Effective August 18, 2024
* NB Repealed June 15, 2034
* 5-b. If the petitioner  claims  exemption  from  the  provisions  of
  article  six-A  of  the real property law pursuant to subdivision one of
  section two hundred  fourteen  of  the  real  property  law,  append  or
  incorporate  the  information  required  pursuant  to subdivision one of
  section two hundred fourteen of the real property law.
* NB Effective August 18, 2024
* NB Repealed June 15, 2034
6. In the city of Albany, where the premises  from  which  removal  is
  sought  is  subject  to  a  local law requiring the registration of said
  premises as a condition of legal rental, allege proof of compliance with
  such local law.
7. In the city of Newburgh, where the premises from which  removal  is
  sought  is  subject  to  a  local law requiring the registration of said
  premises as a condition of legal rental, allege proof of compliance with
  such local law.
8. In the city of Syracuse, where the premises from which  removal  is
  sought  is  subject  to  a  local law requiring the registration of said
  premises as a condition of legal rental, allege proof of compliance with
  such local law.