N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 5209 (2026)

§ 5209. Discharge of garnishee's obligation.  A person who, pursuant
to an execution or order, pays or delivers, to the judgment creditor or
a sheriff or receiver, money or other personal property in which a
judgment debtor has or will have an interest, or so pays a debt he owes
the judgment debtor, is discharged from his obligation to the judgment
debtor to the extent of the payment or delivery.