N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 27: Discharge of exempt witness

§ 27. Discharge of exempt witness. Where a person has been arrested in

violation of section twenty-five, a justice of the supreme court, a

county judge or the court, if any, from which the subpoena was issued or

which ordered the witness to attend, or a judge thereof, shall order

such person discharged from the arrest upon proof, by affidavit, of the

facts.