N.Y. Canal Law § 34: Exemption of materials or equipment from execution

§ 34. Exemption of materials or equipment from execution. All

materials or equipment furnished or partly procured on a defaulted

contract with the corporation, shall be exempt from execution, but the

corporation shall pay the moneys due for such material or equipment to

any judgment creditor of the contractor under whose execution such

materials or equipment might otherwise have been sold, on production to

it of due proof that such execution would have so attached, and such

payments shall be valid payments on the contract.