2006 New York Code - Remitting Fines And Penalties And Discharging Recognizances.

 
    §  798.  Remitting  fines and penalties and discharging recognizances.
  Upon the application of a person, who has been fined by a court, or of a
  person whose recognizance has become forfeited, or of his surety or of a
  person who has posted cash bail, or  bail  by  credit  card  or  similar
  device which has been forfeited, the county court of the county in which
  the  term  of  the  court  was  held, where the fine was imposed, or the
  recognizance taken, may, except as otherwise prescribed in section seven
  hundred and ninety-nine; upon good cause shown, and upon such  terms  as
  it  deems  just, make an order, remitting the fine, wholly or partly, or
  the forfeiture of the recognizance, or part of the penalty  thereof;  or
  it  may discharge the recognizance. If a fine so remitted has been paid,
  the county treasurer,  or  other  officer,  in  whose  hands  the  money
  remains,  must  pay  the  same,  or  the part remitted, according to the
  order.