N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 212

§ 212. Escheated lands subject to trusts and incumbrances. Lands\nescheated to the state shall be held subject to the same trusts and\nincumbrances to which they would have been subject if they had\ndescended, except that where the owner or beneficiaries of such trusts\nor the holders of such incumbrances have been made parties to an action\nbrought under section two hundred one, such land shall be subject only\nto trusts and incumbrances of record in the county in which the land is\nlocated prior to the filing of notice of pendency of action authorized\nunder section two hundred one.\n