N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 201: Action for recovery of property

§ 201. Action for recovery of property. Whenever the attorney-general

has good reason to believe that the title to, or right of possession of,

any real property has vested in the people of the state by escheat

whether from defect of heirs, alienage or otherwise, or by conviction or

outlawry for treason as provided in section eight hundred nineteen of

the code of criminal procedure, he may commence an action to recover the

property.