Service of summons shall be made in the manner prescribed in supreme court practice, including the optional method of service by mail authorized by CPLR 312-a, but it shall be made only within the county; provided, however, that where the cause of action arises from the failure to make payment on goods and/or services to a person who is lawfully engaged in the business of providing such goods and/or services, and at the time such goods and/or services were received by the alleged debtor, such parties named in the summons were residents of the same county, the alleged debtor named therein as a defendant may also be served in any adjoining county.
N.Y. Uniform Justice Court § 403