N.Y. PBL Law § 77

§ 77. Notice of application therefor. Every applicant for a grant of\nland under water shall, previous to his application, cause notice\nthereof to be published at least once a week for four weeks,\nsuccessively, in a newspaper printed in the county in which the land so\nintended to be applied for is situated, unless the said lands are\nsituated wholly or in part in a city or village where a newspaper is\npublished then such notice shall be published in such newspaper; and a\ncopy of such notice to be posted for the same period upon the door of\nthe court house of such county or at such other place in or at the court\nhouse as is generally used for the posting of legal notices, and if\nthere be no court house in the county, at such place as the commissioner\ndirects. The aforementioned four-week period shall be a full period of\ntwenty-eight days. In cities having a population of one million or more\ninhabitants, the applicant for a grant comprising ten thousand or more\nsquare feet shall also serve personally, or by registered or certified\nmail, a written notice containing a description of such land under\nwater, together with the name and address of the applicant, upon all\nowners of waterfront land within three hundred feet from the side\nboundaries of the upland of the applicant. For purposes of identifying\nsuch owners of waterfront land, the latest completed assessment roll may\nbe used in lieu of title search. The applicant shall file with the\ncommissioner proof of service of such notice at least twenty days prior\nto the date of application. However for the purposes of jurisdiction and\nthe validity of any grant issued under this section, the commissioner's\nfinding that the notice requirements of this section have been complied\nwith is final and conclusive.\n