N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1107: Report of referee

§ 1107. Report of referee. The referee must deliver his report to the

petitioner, or file it with the clerk, within ten days after the case is

closed. He must state therein whether any person was or was not produced

before him as being the person whose death is in question. He must

append thereto, in the form of depositions, the proofs, if any,

respecting the identity of any person so produced with the person whose

death is in question or if no one is so produced, upon the question

whether the latter person is living. He must also state in his report

his conclusions upon the questions controverted before him.