N.Y. CVP Law § 5303

§ 5303. Recognition enforcement, and proceedings. (a) Except as is\notherwise provided in section fifty-three hundred four of this article\nor any controlling law of the United States, a court of this state shall\nrecognize a foreign country judgment to which this article applies as\nconclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies\nrecovery of a sum of money.\n (b) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought as an\noriginal matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an\naction on the judgment or a motion for summary judgment in lieu of\ncomplaint seeking recognition of the foreign country judgment.\n (c) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought in a\npending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim,\ncross-claim or affirmative defense.\n (d) An action to recognize a foreign country judgment must be\ncommenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign\ncountry judgment is effective in the foreign country or twenty years\nfrom the date that the foreign country judgment became effective in the\nforeign country.\n