New York Laws
Part 1 - Rules Governing Trusts
7-1.2 - Trustee of Passive Trust Not to Take


Every disposition of property shall be made directly to the person in
whom the right to possession and income is intended to be vested and not
to another in trust for such person, and if made to any person in trust
for another, no estate, legal or equitable, vests in the trustee. But
neither this section nor 7-1.1 shall apply to trusts arising or
resulting by implicaiton of law.