N.Y. UDC Law § 1813

§ 1813. Duty to pay judgments.\n (a) Any person, partnership, firm or corporation which is sued in a\nsmall claims court for any cause of action arising out of its business\nactivities, shall pay any judgment rendered against it in its true name\nor in any name in which it conducts business. "True name" includes the\nlegal name of a natural person and the name under which a partnership,\nfirm or corporation is licensed, registered, incorporated or otherwise\nauthorized to do business. "Conducting business" as used in this\nsection shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining signs at\nbusiness premises or on business vehicles; advertising; entering into\ncontracts; and printing or using sales slips, checks, invoices or\nreceipts. Whenever a judgment has been rendered against a person,\npartnership, firm or corporation in other than its true name and the\njudgment has remained unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the\njudgment debtor of notice of its entry, the aggrieved judgment creditor\nshall be entitled to commence an action in small claims court against\nsuch judgment debtor, notwithstanding the jurisdictional limit of the\ncourt, for the sum of the original judgment, costs, reasonable\nattorney's fees, and one hundred dollars.\n (b) Whenever a judgment which relates to activities for which a\nlicense is required has been rendered against a business which is\nlicensed by a state or local licensing authority and which remains\nunpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the judgment debtor of\nnotice of its entry and the judgment has not been stayed or appealed,\nthe state or local licensing authority shall consider such failure to\npay, if deliberate or part of a pattern of similar conduct indicating\nrecklessness, as a basis for the revocation, suspension, conditioning or\nrefusal to grant or renew such license. Nothing herein shall be\nconstrued to preempt an authority's existing policy if it is more\nrestrictive.\n (c) The clerk shall attach to the notice of suit required under this\narticle a notice of the duty imposed by this section.\n