2012 New York Consolidated Laws
RPA - Real Property Actions & Proceedings
Article 2 - (201 - 241) GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS
221 - Compelling delivery of possession of real property.

 
    §  221.  Compelling  delivery  of possession of real property. Where a
  judgment affecting the title to, or the possession, enjoyment or use of,
  real property allots to any person a distinct parcel of  real  property,
  or  contains a direction for the sale of real property, or confirms such
  an allotment or sale, it also may direct the delivery of the  possession
  of  the  property  to the person entitled thereto, subject to the rights
  and obligations set forth in  section  thirteen  hundred  five  of  this
  chapter.
    If  a  party,  or his representative or successor, who is bound by the
  judgment, withholds possession from  the  person  thus  declared  to  be
  entitled  thereto,  the  court,  by  order,  in  its discretion, besides
  punishing the disobedience as a contempt, may require the sheriff to put
  that person into possession. Such an order shall be executed  as  if  it
  were an execution for the delivery of the possession of the property.