of any other right, founding the claim upon a written instrument, as being a conveyance of the premises in question ... and there has been & continued occupation and possession of the premises included in the instrument ..., or of some part thereof, for ten years, under the same claim, the premises so included are deemed to have been held adversely ... Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law § 511 (McKinney’s 1962) (hereinafter “RPAPL § 511”). Plaintiff submitted evidence that the Snees had kept tugs and barges on the foreshoré since 1974. PL 12/17 Br. at 8. Furthermore, the deed to his property stated that he held title to the foreshore. Pl.Ex. 1. In New York, however, “the State’s sovereign title is inalienable except by grant.” Hawkins v. State, 644, 646-647 (N.Y.Sup.Ct.1951) (<HOLDING>) Plaintiff could not adversely possess the
holding that tidal lands  which the town holds in a governmental capacity may not be alienated and hence may not be the subject of acquisition by adverse possession holding that it may not holding that constructive possession need not be exclusive but may be shared by others holding that lands held by a municipality in its governmental capacity may not be lost by adverse possession holding that the only method by which an adverse possessor may convey the title asserted by adverse possession is to describe in the instrument of conveyance by means minimally acceptable for conveyancing of realty that which is intended to be conveyed