N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 62

§ 62. Notice. 1. If the petition be to change the name of an infant,\nnotice of the time and place when and where the petition will be\npresented must be served, in like manner as a notice of a motion upon an\nattorney in an action, upon (a) both parents of the infant, if they be\nliving, unless the petition be made by one of the parents, in which case\nnotice must be served upon the other, if he or she be living, and (b)\nthe general guardian or guardian of the person, if there be one. But if\nany of the persons, required to be given notice by this section, reside\nwithout the state, then the notice required by this section must be sent\nby registered mail to the last known address of the person to be served.\nIf it appears to the satisfaction of the court that a person required to\nbe given notice by this section cannot be located with due diligence\nwithin the state, and that such person has no known address without the\nstate, then the court may dispense with notice or require notice to be\ngiven to such persons and in such manner as the court thinks proper.\n 2. If the petition be to change the name of a person currently\nconfined as an inmate in any correctional facility or currently under\nthe supervision of the department of corrections and community\nsupervision or a county probation department as a result of a conviction\nfor a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal\nlaw or a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law\nor any of the following provisions of such law sections 130.25, 130.30,\n130.40, 130.45, 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two hundred sixty-three,\n135.10, 135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two of section 230.30 or\n230.32, notice of the time and place when and where the petition will be\npresented shall be served, in like manner as a notice of a motion upon\nan attorney in an action, upon the district attorney of every county in\nwhich such person has been convicted of such felony and upon the court\nor courts in which the sentence for such felony was entered. Unless a\nshorter period of time is ordered by the court, said notice shall be\nserved upon each such district attorney and court or courts not less\nthan sixty days prior to the date on which such petition is noticed to\nbe heard.\n