N.Y. Judiciary Law § 795: Liability of sheriff for omission of duty

§ 795. Liability of sheriff for omission of duty. An action may be

maintained, in behalf of the people, against a sheriff, to whom a

warrant is directed and delivered, as prescribed in this article, to

recover damages for any omission of duty with respect to the same, in a

case where a judgment creditor might maintain an action against a

sheriff, to whom an execution issued out of the supreme court is

directed and delivered. In such an action, the people are entitled to

recover the same damages, which a judgment creditor would be entitled to

recover, if the order imposing the fine was a judgment of the supreme

court.