N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 111-t

§ 111-t. Authority to secure assets. The department or a social\nservices district or its authorized representative, or another state's\nchild support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social\nsecurity act, for the purpose of collecting overdue support, shall be\nauthorized in accordance with all applicable provisions of law, to\nsecure assets otherwise due a support obligor by:\n 1. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump sum payments due such\nobligor from:\n (a) a state or local agency, including unemployment compensation,\nworkers' compensation, and other benefits; and\n (b) judgments, settlements and lottery winnings;\n 2. attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which are held in\nfinancial institutions;\n 3. attaching public and private retirement funds of such obligors;\nand\n 4. imposing liens against real and personal property owned by such\nobligors; and where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by\nsuch obligors and distributing proceeds from the sale of such\nproperties.\n