N.Y. Correction Law § 359: Prisoner's property; how applied

§ 359. Prisoner's property; how applied. After deducting their

commissions and expenses, allowed by law, and paying the prisoner's

debts, the trustees may, from time to time, under the direction of the

court by which they were appointed, apply the surplus of any money in

their hands, to the support of the prisoner's spouse and children, and

of such other relatives as the prisoner is bound to support, and to the

education of such prisoner's children.