New York Laws
Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property
625 - Action by Reversioner or Remainderman After Tenant's Default.

§ 625. Action by reversioner or remainderman after tenant's default.
Where a tenant for life or for a term of years suffers judgment to be
taken against him, by consent or by default, in an action to recover
real property, the heir or person owning the reversion or remainder, may
maintain an action to recover the property, after the determination of
the particular estate.