2014 New York Laws
RPA - Real Property Actions & Proceedings
Article 10 - (1001 - 1093) ACTION FOR DOWER
1061 - Final judgment.

  1061. Final judgment. Upon the report being confirmed by the court,
  final judgment must be rendered. If the referee  or  commissioners  have
  admeasured  and  laid  off  to  the  plaintiff  a distinct parcel of the
  property, the judgment must award to her, during her natural  life,  the
  possession  of that parcel, describing it, subject to the payment of all
  taxes, assessments, and other  charges,  accruing  thereupon  after  she
  takes  possession.  If  the referee or the commissioners report, that is
  not practicable, or that, in his or their opinion, it  is  not  for  the
  best interests of all the parties concerned, so to admeasure and lay off
  a  distinct parcel of the property, the final judgment must direct, that
  a sum, fixed by the court, and specified therein, equal to one-third  of
  the  rental value of the real property, as ascertained by a reference or
  otherwise, be paid to the plaintiff, annually or oftener, as directed in
  the judgment, during her natural life, for her dower  in  the  property;
  and  that  the  sum  so  to  be  paid,  be  and remain a charge upon the
  property, during her natural life. The final  judgment  may  also  award
  damages for the withholding of dower.