N.Y. Uniform District Court Act Law § 405

§ 405. Summons; service without the county permissible but not giving\n personal jurisdiction in certain actions.\n Service may be made without the county or the state by any person\nauthorized to make service in a like instance in supreme court and in\nthe same manner as service in such court may be made:\n (a) in an action involving real property as defined in § 203 of this\nact; or\n (b) in an action to foreclose a lien on, or to recover, a chattel\nseized within a district of the court in the county; or\n (c) where a levy upon property of the person to be served has been\nmade within a district of the court in the county pursuant to an order\nof attachment; or\n (d) where the case is within CPLR § 1006(g) and a sum of money has\nbeen paid or deposited as provided for therein.\n