N.Y. Rapid Transit Law § 55: Notice of intention to condemn property

§ 55. Notice of intention to condemn property. The corporation

counsel shall give or cause to be given notice by publication in two

public newspapers published in the city, of his intention to make

application to the such court that the compensation which should justly

be made to the respective owners of or persons interested in the

property proposed to be taken or extinguished by such proceeding be

ascertained and determined by the court without a jury. Such notice

shall state the time and place of such application, shall briefly state

the object of the application, and shall briefly describe the property

sought to be acquired or affected, and refer to a fuller statement to be

filed in the office of the board of transportation, in which shall be

set forth the location and boundaries of the several lots or parcels of

property, and the property rights sought to be taken or affected, and a

brief statement as to each of such lots or parcels, of the property

rights therein or appurtenant thereto sought to be acquired or

extinguished, with a reference to the dates and places of filing such

maps or plans and memoranda, shall be a sufficient description of the

property sought to be so taken or affected. Such notice shall be

published in such newspaper twice a week for two weeks immediately

previous to the time fixed in the notice for the presentation of each

petition.