Section 308. Notice of pendency of action

1. In any action or proceeding
  instituted by the department the plaintiff or petitioner may file in the
  county clerk's office of the county where the premises affected by  such
  action  or  proceeding  are  situated,  a notice of the pendency of such
  action or proceeding. Such notice may be filed at  any  time  after  the
  service  of any notice or order issued by the department, at the time of
  the commencement of the action or proceeding, or at any time afterwards,
  before final judgment or order.
    2. Each county clerk with whom such a notice is filed shall record and
  index it to the name of each person specified in a direction  subscribed
  by the corporation counsel or other legal officer of the city.
    3. Any such notice may be vacated upon the order of a judge or justice
  of  the  court  in  which such action or proceeding was instituted or is
  pending, or upon the consent in writing of the  corporation  counsel  or
  other  legal  officer  of  the  city. The clerk of the county where such
  notice is filed shall mark such notice and any record or docket  thereof
  as  cancelled of record upon the presentation and filing of such consent
  or of a certified copy of such order.