Section 355. Title of action or proceeding and parties

Any action or
  proceeding referred to in this article  shall  be  brought  against  the
  premises  as  defendant.  Such premises may be described in the title of
  the action or proceeding by their street number or by any  other  method
  sufficiently  precise to secure identification and shall be described in
  the complaint. The plaintiff, except as hereinafter provided,  shall  be
  the department. In case the department shall not institute any action or
  proceeding  within  ten  days after receiving a written request to do so
  from any taxpayer in the city, then  such  taxpayer  may  institute  and
  maintain such action or proceeding against the premises in his own name,
  and  the  court  may,  in  its discretion, require from him security for
  costs.