Does a defective notice need to be served before a second petition can be commenced?

In the fact pattern under review, that the first petition was discontinued by respondent because defective did not require that a second notice to quit be served. The first proceeding was attacked by appellant as a nullity; hence it may not now be asserted by appellant to bar the second (Ferrandino v. Cartelli, 12 A.D.2d 604, 208 N.Y.S.2d 750). Moreover the second proceeding was brought promptly and within a reasonable time after the notice of termination was served.