N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1101: Petition for production of tenant for life

§ 1101. Petition for production of tenant for life. A person entitled

to claim real property after the death of another who has a prior estate

therein may, not oftener than once in each calendar year, apply by

petition to the supreme court, at a special term thereof, held within

the judicial district wherein the property or a part thereof is

situated, for an order directing the production of the tenant for life,

as prescribed in this article, by a person, named in the petition,

against whom an action of ejectment to recover the real property can be

maintained, if the tenant for life is dead or, where there is no such

person, by the guardian, husband, trustee, or other person, who has, or

is entitled to, the custody of the person of the tenant for life, or the

care of his estate.