New York Laws
Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits
23 - Assignments, Exemptions.

ยง 23. Assignments, exemptions. Benefits payable under this article
shall not be assigned, released or commuted, except as provided by this
chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy,
execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a
debt, which exemption may not be waived. Such benefits shall be paid
only to volunteer ambulance workers or their dependents except as
otherwise provided in this chapter.