N.Y. Public Lands Law § 7: Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy in common

§ 7. Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy

in common. Whenever the commissioner of general services directs, the

attorney-general shall cause partition to be made of any real property

held in joint tenancy or tenancy in common, in which the people of the

state are interested, and for that purpose he may, in the name of the

people, do all such acts as any joint tenant or tenant in common is

authorized by law to do.