N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 5209: Discharge of garnishee's obligation

§ 5209. Discharge of garnishee's obligation. A person who, pursuant

to an execution or order, pays or delivers, to the judgment creditor or

a sheriff or receiver, money or other personal property in which a

judgment debtor has or will have an interest, or so pays a debt he owes

the judgment debtor, is discharged from his obligation to the judgment

debtor to the extent of the payment or delivery.