New York Laws
Article 5 - Judgment Debtor's Discharge From Imprisonment
138 - Debtors to State or United States Not to Be Discharged.

ยง 138. Debtors to state or United States not to be discharged. Neither
of the following named persons shall be discharged from imprisonment,
under the provisions of this article:

1. A person owing a debt or duty to the United States.

2. A person owing a debt or duty to the state, for taxes or for money
received or collected by any person, as a public officer or in a
fiduciary capacity, or a cause of action specified in section
sixty-three-c of the executive law or a judgment recovered upon such a
cause of action.