N.Y. Lien Law § 123: Disposition of proceeds of sale

§ 123. Disposition of proceeds of sale. The lienor shall, out of the

proceeds of the sale, pay the expenses thereof, and the expenses of the

removal of such monument, gravestone, inclosure or other structure from

the cemetery or burial ground, not exceeding fifty dollars, if a

monument, and ten dollars, if a gravestone, inclosure or other

structure, and retain out of such proceeds, the amount due upon the

judgment recovered in the action to enforce the lien, and the residue,

if any, shall be forthwith paid to the judgment debtor.