N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law § 139: Discharge on application of taxpayer

§ 139. Discharge on application of taxpayer. Where a person has been

arrested by virtue of an execution issued upon a judgment of fifty

dollars or under, and has been kept imprisoned at the expense of the

county for six months or over, the court out of which the execution

issued may, on the application of a taxpayer of the county to which the

support is chargeable, and upon due proof of the service upon the person

in whose favor such execution was issued, of a notice in writing of the

time when and the place where such application is to be made, at least

eight days before the making thereof discharge the prisoner, and it

shall be the duty of the sheriff to forthwith release him from custody.