New York Laws
Article 14 - Care of Property of Person Confined for Less Than Life
359 - Prisoner's Property; How Applied.

ยง 359. Prisoner's property; how applied. After deducting their
commissions and expenses, allowed by law, and paying the prisoner's
debts, the trustees may, from time to time, under the direction of the
court by which they were appointed, apply the surplus of any money in
their hands, to the support of the prisoner's spouse and children, and
of such other relatives as the prisoner is bound to support, and to the
education of such prisoner's children.