N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 531: Adverse possession, how affected by relation of landlord and tenant

§ 531. Adverse possession, how affected by relation of landlord and

tenant. Where the relation of landlord and tenant has existed, the

possession of the tenant is deemed the possession of the landlord until

the expiration of ten years after the termination of the tenancy; or,

where there has been no written lease, until the expiration of ten years

after the last payment of rent; notwithstanding that the tenant has

acquired another title or has claimed to hold adversely to his landlord.

But this presumption shall cease after the periods prescribed in this

section and such tenant may then commence to hold adversely to his

landlord.