New York Laws
Article 2-A - Secured Creditors
34 - Determination of Value by Secured Creditor.

(1) By collection. When the asset constituting the security is an
obligation for the payment of money, the secured creditor may determine
its value by collection or by exhausting his remedies thereon and then
surrendering the obligation to the liquidator.
(2) By creditor's sale. When the asset constituting the security is
something other than an obligation for the payment of money, the secured
creditor may determine its value by creditor's sale.