N.Y. C.P.L.R. 1314

§ 1314. Attaching creditor's rights in personal property. Where the\nclaiming authority has delivered an order of attachment to a claiming\nagent, the claiming authority's rights in a debt owed to a defendant or\nin an interest of a defendant in personal property against which debt or\nproperty a judgment may be enforced, are superior to the extent of the\namount of the attachment to the rights of any transferee of the debt or\nproperty, except:\n 1. A transferee who acquired the debt or property before it was levied\nupon for fair consideration and without knowledge of the order of\nattachment; or\n 2. A transferee who acquired the debt or property for fair\nconsideration after it was levied upon without knowledge of the levy\nwhile it was not in the possession of the claiming agent.\n