§ 10. Defense of state sovereignty and jurisdiction. The governor shall, at the expense of the state, employ counsel and provide for the defense of any action or proceeding, instituted against the state, or against any person deriving title therefrom, to recover any lands within the state, under pretence of any claim inconsistent with its sovereignty and jurisdiction.
Defense of state sovereignty and jurisdiction
N.Y. State Law § 10, under State Boundaries.
N.Y. State Law § 10