If an employer has made advance payments of benefits or has made payments to an employee in like manner as wages during any period of disability or family leave for which such employee is entitled to the benefits provided by this article, he or she shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the carrier out of any benefits due or to become due for the existing disability or family leave, if the claim for reimbursement is filed with the carrier prior to payment of the benefits by the carrier.
New York Legal Code