N.Y. RPP Law § 332-B

§ 332-b. The record of certain other conveyances validated. 1. The\nrecord made subsequent to February thirteenth, nineteen hundred forty\nand prior to the time this section shall take effect in the office of\nthe recording officer of any county in this state of any deed, mortgage,\nassignment or satisfaction piece of a mortgage, or other conveyance or\npower of attorney, otherwise authorized to be recorded therein,\nnotwithstanding any defect in the form of the certificate of\nacknowledgment or proof or the failure to append thereto a certificate\nas to the authority of the person who took the acknowledgment or proof,\nto take the same, or any defect in the form of such certificate of\nauthority, shall be in all respects as valid and effectual as though\nsuch certificate of acknowledgment or proof or certificate of authority\nhad been in proper form or such certificate of authority had been\nappended to such instrument. Provided only that such person was duly\nauthorized at the time of taking the proof or acknowledgment to take the\nsame in the county where the instrument is recorded or in the place,\nwhether within or without the United States, where the same was taken.\n 2. Nothing in this section shall affect any pending action or\nproceeding nor the rights of any purchaser in good faith and for a\nvaluable consideration whose conveyance shall have been duly recorded\nbefore this section shall take effect.\n