N.Y. Correction Law § 322: Payment of debts and application of property

§ 322. Payment of debts and application of property. The court shall

direct the payment of the debts of such convicted person from said

property, and may also in its discretion direct the application of the

income, and if need be, of the principal of such property, to the

support, education and maintenance of such persons as the said convicted

person would be legally liable to support if he had not been so

convicted. Or the court may direct the care and preservation of the

income and principal of such estate until the natural death of the

person so convicted.