An interest in real property escheated to the state shall for the purposes of this article, be deemed to include any and all awards heretofore or hereafter made in condemnation proceedings against such escheated lands and all the provisions of this article shall apply to the release and assignment of such awards with the same force and effect as to the release and conveyance of an interest in real property.
N.Y. Aband. Prop.Law § 213