N.Y. C.P.L.R. 6204

§ 6204. Discharge of garnishee's obligation. A person who, pursuant to\nan order of attachment, pays or delivers to the sheriff money or other\npersonal property in which a defendant has or will have an interest, or\nso pays a debt he owes the defendant, is discharged from his obligation\nto the defendant to the extent of the payment or delivery.\n