N.Y. General Municipal Law § 146: Devises and bequests restricted

§ 146. Devises and bequests restricted. This article shall not be

construed or held to authorize any devise or bequest whatever of more

than one-half of the estate of the testator or testatrix over and above

the payment of debts, liabilities and expenses, in case he or she shall

leave a husband, wife, child, descendant, or parent him or her

surviving. The validity of a devise or bequest for more than such

one-half may be contested only by a surviving husband, wife, child,

descendant or parent.