N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 82

§ 82. Causing payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise\nunlawful; instruments void. Any contract or instrument executed after\nMarch twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred thirty-five, within this state in\npayment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any claim or cause of\naction abolished by this article, whether such claim or cause of action\narose within or without this state, is contrary to the public policy of\nthis state and absolutely void. It shall be unlawful to cause, induce or\nprocure any person to execute such a contract or instrument; or to\nreceive, take or accept any money or thing of value, or cause, induce or\nprocure any person to give, pay, transfer or deliver any money or thing\nof value, in payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any such\nclaim or cause of action. It shall be unlawful to commence or cause to\nbe commenced, either as party or attorney, or in behalf of either, in\nany court of this state, any proceeding or action seeking to enforce or\nrecover upon any such contract or instrument, knowing it to be such,\nwhether it was executed within or without this state.\n