New York
For New York, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is twenty-five percent of the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week; earnings wholly exempt is thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage; statute is CPL 5231, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26; source re-checked 2026-08-30.
- State
- New York our reading
- Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take
- twenty-five percent of the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week verified
- Earnings wholly exempt
- thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage verified
- Statute
- CPL 5231
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
ant to an income execution for any week shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week, or, the amount by which the disposable earnings of the judgment debtor for that week exceed the greater of thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or thirty times the state
— codes.findlaw.com, retrieved 2026-08-26
Source
- codes.findlaw.comhttps://codes.findlaw.com/ny/civil-practice-law-and-rules/cvp-sect-5231.html