N.Y. SCP Law § 1005

§ 1005. Notice of application for letters of administration\n 1. Before making a decree granting letters of administration on any\napplication therefor the court may require the petitioner or any other\nperson seeking such letters to serve by mail a written notice of the\napplication upon every distributee of the intestate who has not been\nrequired to be served with process and who has not appeared in the\nproceeding or waived service of process therein.\n 2. The notice shall be entitled in the proceeding and shall state:\n (a) each and every name of the intestate known to the person giving\nthe notice,\n (b) the fact that letters of administration on the estate have been\napplied for by petitioner,\n (c) that a decree will be made granting letters and to whom,\n (d) the names and post-office addresses of petitioner and of each and\nevery distributee set forth in the petition,\n (e) that no other distributees are known to exist,\n (f) that letters will issue on or after the date fixed in the notice.\n 3. The original notice shall be filed with proof by affidavit of the\nmailing of copies thereof.\n