* § 16-a. Emergency relief. Following service of an order issued by\nthe office of cannabis management requiring immediate cessation of\nunlicensed activity under this chapter, by a local government pursuant\nto a local law authorized by section one hundred thirty-one of this\nchapter or pursuant to an order issued under section 7-552 of the\nadministrative code of the city of New York, the office of cannabis\nmanagement, or the attorney general, at the request of and on behalf of\nthe office, or any county attorney, corporation counsel, or local\ngovernment authorized pursuant to subdivision eight of this section to\nbring and maintain a civil proceeding in accordance with the procedures\nset forth in this section, may bring and maintain a civil proceeding in\nthe supreme court of the county in which the building or premises is\nlocated to permanently enjoin such unlicensed activity when conducted,\nmaintained, or permitted in such building or premises, occupied as a\nplace of business as described in subdivision eight of section ten of\nthis chapter, in violation of subdivision one or one-a of section one\nhundred twenty-five of this chapter or subdivision eight of section one\nhundred thirty-two of this chapter, which shall constitute an unlicensed\nactivity that presents a danger to the public health, safety, and\nwelfare, and shall also enjoin the person or persons conducting or\nmaintaining such unlicensed activity, in accordance with the following\nprocedures:\n 1. Proceeding for permanent injunction. (a) To the extent known, the\nowner, lessor, and lessee of a building or premises wherein the\nunlicensed activity is being conducted, maintained, or permitted shall\nbe made defendants in the proceeding. The venue of such proceeding shall\nbe in the county where the unlicensed activity is being conducted,\nmaintained, or permitted or in any venue where a respondent is located.\nThe existence of an adequate remedy at law shall not prevent the\ngranting of temporary or permanent relief pursuant to this section.\n (b) The proceeding shall name as defendants the building or premises\nwherein the unlicensed activity is being conducted, maintained, or\npermitted, by describing it by tax lot and street address and at least\none of the owners of some part of or interest in the property.\n (c) In rem jurisdiction shall be complete over the building or\npremises wherein the unlicensed activity is being conducted, maintained,\nor permitted by affixing the notice of petition or order to show cause\nto the door of the building or premises and by mailing the notice of\npetition or order to show cause by certified or registered mail, return\nreceipt requested, to one of the owners of some part of or interest in\nthe property. Proof of service shall be filed within two days thereafter\nwith the clerk of the court designated in the notice of petition or as\nset by the court in the order to show cause. In any county where\ne-filing is unavailable, proof of service may be mailed to the clerk.\nService shall be complete upon such filing or mailing.\n (d) Defendants, other than the building or premises wherein the\nunlicensed activity is being conducted, maintained, or permitted, shall\nbe served with the notice of petition or order to show cause as provided\nin the civil practice law and rules or pursuant to court order. No more\nthan thirty days prior to such service, the office shall mail a copy, by\ncertified mail, of any order to cease and desist relating to the\nunlicensed activity at the building or premises to the person in whose\nname the real estate affected by the proceeding is recorded in the\noffice of the city register or the county clerk, as the case may be, who\nshall be presumed to be the owner thereof. Such mailing shall constitute\nnotice to the owner and shall be deemed to be complete upon such mailing\nby the office as provided above. No more than fifteen days prior to such\nservice, the office, the attorney general,
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