2006 New York Code - Estates Tail Abolished; Future Estates Limited Thereon

 
  § 6-1.2 Estates tail abolished; future estates limited thereon
    Estates  tail  have  been abolished, and every estate which would be a
  fee tail, according to the law of this state as it  existed  before  the
  twelfth  day  of  July,  seventeen  hundred  eighty-two,  shall be a fee
  simple; and if no valid future estate is limited thereon, a  fee  simple
  absolute.    Where a future estate in fee is limited on any estate which
  would be a fee tail, according to the law of this state  as  it  existed
  previous  to  such  date,  such  future  estate  is  valid  and vests in
  possession on the death of the first taker without issue living  at  the
  time of his death.