N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-t: Authority to secure assets

§ 111-t. Authority to secure assets. The department or a social

services district or its authorized representative, or another state's

child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social

security act, for the purpose of collecting overdue support, shall be

authorized in accordance with all applicable provisions of law, to

secure assets otherwise due a support obligor by:

1. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump sum payments due such

obligor from:

(a) a state or local agency, including unemployment compensation,

workers' compensation, and other benefits; and

(b) judgments, settlements and lottery winnings;

2. attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which are held in

financial institutions;

3. attaching public and private retirement funds of such obligors;

and

4. imposing liens against real and personal property owned by such

obligors; and where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by

such obligors and distributing proceeds from the sale of such

properties.