New York Consolidated Laws, Debtor and Creditor Law - DCD § 67. Hearing

On the day specified in the order, and before any other proceedings are taken in the matter, the petitioner must present to the court, and file with the clerk, proof, to the satisfaction of the court, that the order has been published and served, as prescribed in the last section;  and thereupon, on the same day, or upon the day to which the hearing is adjourned, the court must hear the allegations and proofs of the parties appearing.  Proof of personal service of a copy of the order upon any person, must be made, in like manner as proof of the personal service of a summons, in an action brought in the supreme court.