§ 258-d. Proceedings to review. The action of the commissioner in
refusing to grant or renew a license, or in revoking or suspending a
license, or in conditioning or limiting the granting or renewal of a
license, may be reviewed in the manner provided by article seventy-eight
of the civil practice law and rules, and the decision of the
commissioner shall be final unless within thirty days from the date of
service thereof upon the party affected thereby a court proceeding is
instituted to review such action. The pleadings upon which such review
proceeding is instituted shall be served upon the commissioner or upon
an assistant commissioner, personally, in the manner provided for the
personal service of a summons in an action unless a different manner of
service is provided in an order to show cause granted by the supreme
court.