N.Y. Public Lands Law § 78: Failure to comply with conditions of grant; annulment

§ 78. Failure to comply with conditions of grant; annulment. On or

before the tenth day of January in each year the commissioner of general

services shall examine the records of all grants of land under water for

which patents shall have been issued containing conditions to be

complied with within fixed period of time after the issue of such

patents and make a list of all such grants containing such conditions of

which the periods for performance have expired. It shall thereupon be

the duty of the commissioner of general services to cause an

investigation to be made without delay for the purpose of ascertaining

whether or not compliance with the conditions contained in such grants

shall have been had, and he shall report thereon to the

attorney-general. It shall be the duty of the attorney-general to begin

actions against all such patentees or their successors in interest or

assigns for the annulment of all patents the conditions of which shall

be found not to have been complied with within the period fixed in such

grants for compliance.