New York Laws
Article 690 - Search Warrants
690.55 - Search Warrants; Disposition of Seized Property.

(a) Retain it in the custody of the court pending further disposition
thereof pursuant to subdivision two or some other provision of law; or
(b) Direct that it be held in the custody of the person who applied
for the warrant, or of the police officer who executed it, or of the
governmental or official agency or department by which either such
public servant is employed, upon condition that upon order of such court
such property be returned thereto or delivered to another court.
2. A local criminal court which retains custody of such property
must, upon request of another criminal court in which a criminal action
involving or relating to such property is pending, cause it to be
delivered thereto.