Section 70. Payment of judgments against municipal corporation  


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  • When a final
      judgment  for  a  sum  of  money  shall be recovered against a municipal
      corporation, and the execution thereof shall not be stayed  pursuant  to
      law,  or  the  time  for  such stay shall have expired, the treasurer or
      other financial officer of such corporation having sufficient moneys  in
      his  hands  belonging  to  the  corporation  not  otherwise specifically
      appropriated, shall pay such judgment upon the production of a certified
      copy of the docket thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  other
      law  to  the contrary, in any case where payment for any reason is to be
      made to an inmate serving a sentence  of  imprisonment  with  the  state
      department of correctional services or to a prisoner confined at a local
      correctional  facility,  the  treasurer or other financial officer shall
      give written notice, if required pursuant to subdivision two of  section
      six  hundred  thirty-two-a  of  the  executive  law,  to the state crime
      victims board that such payment shall be made thirty days after the date
      of such notice.