N.Y. CPLR § 5237

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 5237 Failure of title to property sold § 5237. Failure of title to property sold. The purchaser of propertysold by a sheriff pursuant to execution or order may recover thepurchase money from the judgment creditors who received the proceeds ifthe property is recovered from such purchaser in consequence of anirregularity in the sale or a vacatur, reversal or setting aside of thejudgment upon which the execution or order was based. If a judgment forthe purchase money is so recovered against a judgment creditor inconsequence of an irregularity in the sale, such judgment creditor mayenforce his judgment as if no levy or sale had been made, and, for thatpurpose, he may move without notice for an order restoring any lien orpriority or amending any docket entry affected by the sale.