N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 190-b

§ 190-b. Lands reacquired by the husband. Lands in which the husband\ndid not have an estate of inheritance on September first, nineteen\nhundred thirty, and in which the wife did not then have an inchoate\nright of dower, shall not be subject to dower or an inchoate right of\ndower if acquired by the husband after said date, although they had been\nowned by the husband prior to said date.\n