New York Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law Section 811 - Action for waste by heir, devisee or grantor of reversion.

  811. Action for waste by heir, devisee or grantor of reversion.  An
  heir or devisee may maintain an action for waste, committed in  time  of
  his  ancestor  or testator, as well as in his own time. The grantor of a
  reversion may maintain an action for waste committed before  he  aliened
  the same.

Last modified: February 3, 2019