2010 New York Code
LIE - Lien
Article 4 - (80 - 107) LIENS ON VESSELS AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF
99 - Payment of uncontested claims.

§  99. Payment of uncontested claims. Any uncontested claims, entitled
  to priority of payment over the claims which are  contested,  shall,  on
  motion  of  the  parties interested, be paid with costs, in the order of
  their respective priorities, without awaiting the determination of  such
  contest.  If  at any time it is made to appear that after the payment of
  all prior uncontested claims  and  their  respective  costs,  and  after
  deducting  an  amount  sufficient  to pay all prior contested claims and
  costs, that there remains  a  surplus  of  proceeds  applicable  to  the
  payment  of any subsequent uncontested claims, such claims may on notice
  to all the parties interested be paid out of  the  surplus  with  costs,
  without awaiting the determination of such contest.