Section 306. Judicial procedure and orders

1. In case any multiple dwelling
  or  structure  or any part thereof or the lot on which it is situated is
  constructed, altered,  converted  or  maintained  in  violation  of  any
  provision  of  this chapter or of any order or notice of the department,
  or in case a nuisance exists in any such dwelling or structure  or  part
  thereof  or  upon  the  lot  on which it is situated, the department may
  institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such  unlawful
  construction,   alteration,  conversion  or  maintenance,  to  restrain,
  correct or abate such violation or nuisance, to prevent  the  occupation
  of  said  dwelling  or  structure or any part thereof, or to prevent any
  illegal act, conduct or business in or about such dwelling, structure or
  lot.
    2. In any such action or proceeding the department may,  by  affidavit
  setting  forth  the facts, apply to the supreme court, or to any justice
  thereof, or, if the premises in respect to which the action  is  brought
  are  situated in the city of New York, to the New York city civil court,
  or, if the premises in respect  to  which  the  action  is  brought  are
  situated  in  whole  or  in  part within a district of the court, to the
  district court, or, if the premises in respect to which  the  action  is
  brought  are  situated  in whole or in part within a city outside of the
  city of New York, to the city court of such city, for:
    a. An order granting the relief for which said action or proceeding is
  brought, or enjoining all persons from doing or permitting  to  be  done
  any  work  in  or  about  such  dwelling,  structure  or lot or any part
  thereof, or from occupying or using the same for any purpose, until  the
  entry of final judgment or order.
    b.  An  order  authorizing the department to execute and carry out the
  provisions of any notice or order which is issued by the department  and
  not  complied  with, to remove any violation specified in such notice or
  order, or to abate any nuisance in or about such dwelling, structure  or
  lot.
    3.  In  an  action to establish a lien under this chapter, the service
  and procedure, except as otherwise provided  in  section  three  hundred
  nine,  shall  be  as  set forth in sections three hundred twenty-six and
  three hundred fifty-six to three hundred sixty, both inclusive.
    4. The judgment in any such action may provide for the sale at  public
  auction  of the property affected, and for such other remedies to secure
  the enforcement thereof as the court may deem proper.
    5. The court or any justice thereof is authorized to  make  any  order
  specified in this section.
    6.  In  no  case  shall  the city, or the department or any officer or
  employee thereof, be liable for costs in any action or  proceeding  that
  may be commenced pursuant to this chapter.