N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1722: Contents of petition

§ 1722. Contents of petition. The petition shall state:

1. The name, age and residence of the infant, incompetent person or

conservatee.

2. The grounds of the proceeding.

3. A description of the real property or interest to be disposed of

and of the incumbrance, if any, thereon.

4. The name and residence of the guardian of the infant, committee of

the incompetent person or conservator of the conservatee and, where a

guardian ad litem is to be appointed, the name and residence of the

person proposed as the guardian ad litem, the relationship he bears to

the infant, incompetent person, or conservatee and the security proposed

to be given.

5. In a proceeding pursuant to subdivision four of section seventeen

hundred eleven of this article, that the contract was made after the

advertisement of the real property for sale for a period of four

successive weeks by a notice of sale posted conspicuously on the

premises, and by publication of a notice of sale in the manner

prescribed by section two hundred thirty-one of this chapter for

publication of a notice of sale of real property made in pursuance of a

judgment, provided, however, that the court may, upon cause shown,

shorten such time or dispense with such advertisement.