N.Y. Personal Property Law § 47-a: Place of filing

§ 47-a. Place of filing. An assignment of future earnings or a true

copy thereof authenticated by a notary public or commissioner of deeds,

together with an itemized statement setting forth the amount then due

the assignee and the date and amount of payments theretofore made upon

the indebtedness, may be filed in the office of the county clerk of the

county in which the assignor resides at the time of the filing thereof,

if he resides within the state, and if he resides without the state or

his residence is unknown, in the county where the assignor is employed

at the time of the filing thereof. If the assignor is employed without

the state and his residence is without the state or is unknown, the

assignment or authenticated true copy thereof and accompanying statement

may be filed in the county where the assignor resided at the time of the

execution thereof.