N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law § 174: Penalties for connivance at escape

§ 174. Penalties for connivance at escape. Any sheriff, constable or

jailer wilfully suffering any person so committed or re-committed,

pursuant to the foregoing sections, to escape, on conviction thereof, in

addition to any other punishment the court may inflict, shall forfeit to

the trustees a sum equal to the whole amount of debts due to the

creditors of such debtor, not exceeding two thousand five hundred

dollars.