N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules Section 5044
Failure to make payment

If at any time following entry of judgment, a judgment debtor fails for any reason to make a payment in a timely fashion according to the terms of this article, the judgment creditor may petition the court which rendered the original judgment for an order requiring payment by the judgment debtor of the outstanding payments in a lump sum. In calculating the amount of the lump sum judgment, the court shall total the remaining periodic payments due and owing to the judgment creditor, as calculated pursuant to subdivision (e) of § 5041 (Basis for determining judgment to be entered)section five thousand forty-one of this article, and shall not convert these amounts to their present value. The court may also require the payment of interest on the outstanding judgment.

Source: Section 5044 — Failure to make payment, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CVP/5044 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 21, 2026).

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