2006 New York Code - Grants To Heirs, Devisees Or Successors In Interest.

 
    § 13. Grants  to  heirs,  devisees or successors in interest. Where an
  application for a grant of land, including land under water, is made  by
  any  person  who  dies before a grant is ordered or issued, the heirs or
  devisees of such person shall be  entitled  to  such  grant  as  if  the
  application   had  been  made  by  such  heirs  or  devisees.  Where  an
  application for a grant of land under water is made by  any  person  who
  conveys  the land adjacent to the land under water applied for, before a
  grant is ordered or issued, the grantee of such adjacent land  shall  be
  entitled  to  such  grant  as  if  the application had been made by such
  grantee.