The department or a social services district or its authorized representative, or another state's child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social security act, for the purpose of collecting overdue support, shall be authorized in accordance with all applicable provisions of law, to secure assets otherwise due a support obligor by: 1. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump sum payments due such obligor from: (a) a state or local agency, including unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and other benefits; and (b) judgments, settlements and lottery winnings; 2. attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which are held in financial institutions; 3. attaching public and private retirement funds of such obligors; and 4. imposing liens against real and personal property owned by such obligors; and where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by such obligors and distributing proceeds from the sale of such properties.
New York Legal Code