N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 511: Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment

§ 511. Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment. Where

the occupant or those under whom the occupant claims entered into the

possession of the premises under claim of right, exclusive of any other

right, founding the claim upon a written instrument, as being a

conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree or judgment

of a competent court, and there has been a continued occupation and

possession of the premises included in the instrument, decree or

judgment, or of some part thereof, for ten years, under the same claim,

the premises so included are deemed to have been held adversely; except

that when they consist of a tract divided into lots, the possession of

one lot is not deemed a possession of any other lot.