N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 206

§ 206. Divorced woman may release dower. A woman who is divorced from\nher husband, whether such divorce be absolute or limited, or granted in\nhis or her favor, by any court of competent jurisdiction, may release to\nhim, by an instrument in writing, sufficient to pass title to real\nestate, her inchoate right of dower in any specific real property\ntheretofore owned by him, or generally in all such real property, and\nsuch as he shall thereafter acquire.\n