2023 New York Laws › WKC - Workers' Compensation › Article 4 - Security for Compensation › 54-B - Enforcement on Failure to Pay Award or Judgment.

§  54-b.  Enforcement  on failure to pay award or judgment. In case of
  default by a carrier or self-insured employer  in  the  payment  of  any
  compensation  due  under  an  award  for the period of thirty days after
  payment is due and payable, or in the case of failure by  a  carrier  or
  self-insured  employer to make full payment of an award for medical care
  or supplies issued by  the  board  or  the  chair  pursuant  to  section
  thirteen-g of this chapter, the chair in any such case or on the chair's
  consent  any  party  to  an award may file with the county clerk for the
  county in which the injury occurred or the county in which  the  carrier
  or self-insured employer has his or her principal place of business, (1)
  a  certified  copy of the decision of the board awarding compensation or
  ending, diminishing or increasing compensation previously awarded,  from
  which  no  appeal has been taken within the time allowed therefor, or if
  an appeal has been taken by a carrier or self-insured employer  who  has
  not complied with the provisions of section fifty of this article, where
  he  or  she  fails  to deposit with the chair the amount of the award as
  security for its payment within ten days  after  the  same  is  due  and
  payable,  or  (2)  a  certified  copy  of  the award for medical care or
  supplies issued pursuant to section  thirteen-g  of  this  chapter,  and
  thereupon  judgment must be entered in the supreme court by the clerk of
  such county in conformity therewith immediately upon such filing. If the
  payment in default be an installment, the board may declare  the  entire
  award  due and judgment may be entered in accordance with the provisions
  of this section. Such judgment shall be entered in the same manner, have
  the same effect and  be  subject  to  the  same  proceedings  as  though
  rendered  in  a  suit  duly  heard  and determined by the supreme court,
  except that no appeal may be taken therefrom. The court shall vacate  or
  modify  such  judgment  to conform to any later award or decision of the
  board upon presentation of a certified copy of such award  or  decision.
  The award may be so compromised by the board as in the discretion of the
  board may best serve the interest of the persons entitled to receive the
  compensation or benefits. Where an award has been made against a carrier
  or   self-insured   employer   in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
  subdivision nine of section fifteen, or of section twenty-five-a of this
  chapter, such an award may be similarly compromised by the  board,  upon
  notice  to  a  representative of the fund to which the award is payable,
  but if there be no representative of any  such  fund,  notice  shall  be
  given  to  such  representative as may be designated by the chair of the
  board; and notwithstanding any other provision of law,  such  compromise
  shall  be  effective  without the necessity of any approval by the state
  comptroller. Neither the chair  nor  any  party  in  interest  shall  be
  required  to  pay  any fee to any public officer for filing or recording
  any paper or instrument or for issuing  a  transcript  of  any  judgment
  executed  in  pursuance  of  this  section.  The carrier or self-insured
  employer shall be liable for all costs and attorneys fees  necessary  to
  enforce  the award. For the purposes of this section, the term "carrier"
  shall include the state insurance fund and any stock corporation, mutual
  corporation or reciprocal insurer authorized to transact the business of
  workers' compensation insurance in this state.