N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 209

§ 209. Effect of release on rights of others. No such release shall\nimpair or affect any right, title, interest or estate in or to the lands\nthereby released, of any heir-at-law, devisee, grantee, mortgagee or\ncreditor of any person having an interest in the real property released\nimmediately prior to the escheat thereof, or of any person having a lien\nor incumbrance thereon, through, under or by any person having an\ninterest therein immediately prior to the escheat.\n