New York Laws
Article 18 - Freight and Baggage
281 - Description to Be Made and Published.

ยง 281. Description to be made and published. In case there shall not
be any information obtained as to the owner, it shall be the duty of the
person having the possession thereof, to make out a correct written
description of all such property as shall have been unclaimed for thirty
days, stating the time the same came into his possession, and publish
said description in a newspaper designated by him in his county once a
week for three weeks successively.