N.Y. Estates, Powers & Trusts Law § 1-2.16: Representation

§ 1-2.16 Representation

By representation means a disposition or distribution of property made

in the following manner to persons who take as issue of a deceased

ancestor:

The property so passing is divided into as many equal shares as there

are (i) surviving issue in the generation nearest to the deceased

ancestor which contains one or more surviving issue and (ii) deceased

issue in the same generation who left surviving issue, if any. Each

surviving member in such nearest generation is allocated one share. The

remaining shares, if any, are combined and then divided in the same

manner among the surviving issue of the deceased issue as if the

surviving issue who are allocated a share had predeceased the decedent,

without issue.