2006 New York Code - Property; When Restored.

 
    §  1141.  Property;  when  restored.  The possession of real property,
  which has been awarded to the petitioner as prescribed in this  article,
  upon  the  presumption  of  the  death of the person upon whose life the
  prior estate depends, must be restored, by the order of  the  court,  to
  the  person  evicted, or to his heirs or legal representatives, upon the
  petition of the latter and proof, to the satisfaction of the court, that
  the person presumed to be dead is living. The proceedings upon  such  an
  application  are  the  same  as  prescribed  in  this  article  upon the
  application of the person to whom possession is awarded.