New York Laws
Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court
307 - Personal Service Upon the State.

§ 307. Personal service upon the state. 1. Personal service upon the
state shall be made by delivering the summons to an assistant
attorney-general at an office of the attorney-general or to the
attorney-general within the state.

2. Personal service on a state officer sued solely in an official
capacity or state agency, which shall be required to obtain personal
jurisdiction over such an officer or agency, shall be made by (1)
delivering the summons to such officer or to the chief executive officer
of such agency or to a person designated by such chief executive officer
to receive service, or (2) by mailing the summons by certified mail,
return receipt requested, to such officer or to the chief executive
officer of such agency, and by personal service upon the state in the
manner provided by subdivision one of this section. Service by certified
mail shall not be complete until the summons is received in a principal
office of the agency and until personal service upon the state in the
manner provided by subdivision one of this section is completed. For
purposes of this subdivision, the term "principal office of the agency"
shall mean the location at which the office of the chief executive
officer of the agency is generally located. Service by certified mail
shall not be effective unless the front of the envelope bears the legend
"URGENT LEGAL MAIL" in capital letters. The chief executive officer of
every such agency shall designate at least one person, in addition to
himself or herself, to accept personal service on behalf of the agency.
For purposes of this subdivision the term state agency shall be deemed
to refer to any agency, board, bureau, commission, division, tribunal or
other entity which constitutes the state for purposes of service under
subdivision one of this section.