N.Y. Rapid Transit Law § 62: Time when city becomes seized

§ 62. Time when city becomes seized. Upon the date of the entry of

the order granting the application to condemn, the city shall be and

become seized and possessed in fee or absolute ownership of all those

parcels of property and property rights which are in the maps or plans

and memoranda referred to in section fifty-two of this chapter,

described as parcels of property or property rights which are to be

acquired, and also shall become seized and possessed of all the property

rights appurtenant to any lots or parcels of property indicated on such

maps or plans as parcels in regard to which it is deemed necessary to

acquire such rights, or such rights shall be extinguished, as the case

may be. The board of transportation, immediately or at any time

thereafter, may take possession or enter into the enjoyment of such

property or of any part thereof, without any suit or proceeding at law

for that purpose. Such board, or any person acting under its authority,

may enter upon and use, occupy and enjoy all the parcels of property and

all the property rights appurtenant to any of the parcels of property

and all property rights described on such maps or plans or in such

memoranda, for any of the purposes authorized and provided for by this

chapter. But on the entry of such order granting the application to

condemn, the city shall be and become forthwith liable to the respective

owners or persons interested in the several parcels of property and the

several property rights appertaining thereto, and of such property

rights acquired as aforesaid, for the true and respective values

thereof, together with interest thereon from the time of the entry of

such order, provided, however, that no such interest shall be payable to

any owner or person interested in any such property or property right

during any period during which the city or such board may by any

resistance, whether by legal proceeding or otherwise, of such person or

with his authority, be prevented from taking possession thereof or

enjoying the same.