Any claim or demand can be transferred, except in one of the following cases: 1. Where it is to recover damages for a personal injury; 2. Where it is founded upon a grant, which is made void by a statute of the state; or upon a claim to or interest in real property, a grant of which, by the transferrer, would be void by such a statute; 3. Where a transfer thereof is expressly forbidden by: (a) a statute of the state, or (b) a statute of the United States, or (c) would contravene public policy.
New York Legal Code