N.Y. Public Lands Law § 77: Notice of application therefor

§ 77. Notice of application therefor. Every applicant for a grant of

land under water shall, previous to his application, cause notice

thereof to be published at least once a week for four weeks,

successively, in a newspaper printed in the county in which the land so

intended to be applied for is situated, unless the said lands are

situated wholly or in part in a city or village where a newspaper is

published then such notice shall be published in such newspaper; and a

copy of such notice to be posted for the same period upon the door of

the court house of such county or at such other place in or at the court

house as is generally used for the posting of legal notices, and if

there be no court house in the county, at such place as the commissioner

directs. The aforementioned four-week period shall be a full period of

twenty-eight days. In cities having a population of one million or more

inhabitants, the applicant for a grant comprising ten thousand or more

square feet shall also serve personally, or by registered or certified

mail, a written notice containing a description of such land under

water, together with the name and address of the applicant, upon all

owners of waterfront land within three hundred feet from the side

boundaries of the upland of the applicant. For purposes of identifying

such owners of waterfront land, the latest completed assessment roll may

be used in lieu of title search. The applicant shall file with the

commissioner proof of service of such notice at least twenty days prior

to the date of application. However for the purposes of jurisdiction and

the validity of any grant issued under this section, the commissioner's

finding that the notice requirements of this section have been complied

with is final and conclusive.