Section 1418. Property for New York residents held by other states

 1. All
  property heretofore or hereafter reported and paid to  any  other  state
  pursuant to the provisions of such other state's unclaimed property laws
  shall  be  deemed  abandoned  property subject to the provisions of this
  chapter if the  last  known  address  of  the  apparent  owner  of  such
  property, as it appears on the books and records of such other state, is
  within this state.
    2.  The  state comptroller, as custodian of unclaimed funds, is hereby
  authorized to claim such funds from any other state  on  behalf  of  the
  apparent  owners  of  such funds whose last known address is within this
  state, or may enter into  a  reciprocal  agreement  with  another  state
  pursuant  to  section fourteen hundred seventeen of this article for the
  payment of such funds to this state.
    3. The attorney general shall be authorized to maintain an  action  in
  any  court of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this
  section if so requested by the state comptroller.