N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law § 79: When discharge to be granted

§ 79. When discharge to be granted. Upon the production by the

petitioner of a certificate of the trustee or trustees, duly

acknowledged or proved, and certified, in like manner as a deed to be

recorded in the county, to the effect, that the insolvent has assigned,

for the benefit of all his creditors, all his property so directed to be

assigned, and all the books, vouchers, and papers relating thereto, and

that he has delivered so much thereof as is capable of delivery; and

also of a certificate of the county clerk, that the assignment has been

duly recorded in his office; the court must grant to the insolvent a

discharge from his debts, which has the effect declared in the following

sections of this article.