N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 329

§ 329. Actions to have certain instruments canceled of record. An\nowner of real property or of any undivided part thereof or interest\ntherein or an owner of rent to accrue from a tenancy or subtenancy\nthereof, may maintain an action to have any recorded instrument in\nwriting relating to such real property or interest therein, other than\nthose required by law to be recorded, or any recorded assignment of rent\nto accrue from a tenancy or subtenancy of such property or interest\ntherein declared void or invalid, or to have the same canceled of record\nas to said real property, or his undivided part thereof or interest\ntherein, or as to the rent to accrue therefrom belonging to him.\n