NYSentencing

§ 480.05  Felony controlled substance offenses; forfeiture.
  1.   When  any  person  is  convicted of a felony  offense, the following
property is subject to forfeiture pursuant to this article:
  (a)   any  property  constituting the proceeds or substituted proceeds of
such offense, unless the forfeiture is disproportionate to the  defendant's
gain from or participation in the offense, in which event the trier of fact
may direct forfeiture of a portion thereof; and
  (b)   any property constituting an instrumentality of such offense, other
than a real property instrumentality of a crime, unless such forfeiture  is
disproportionate  to  the  defendant's  gain  from  or participation in the
offense, in which event the trier  of  fact  may  direct  forfeiture  of  a
portion thereof.
  2.   When  any  person  is  convicted  of  a specified  offense, the real
property instrumentality of such specified offense is subject to forfeiture
pursuant to this article, unless such forfeiture is disproportionate to the
defendant's gain from or participation in the offense, in which  event  the
trier of fact may direct forfeiture of a portion thereof.
  3.   Property  acquired  in  good faith by an attorney as payment for the
reasonable and bona  fide  fees  of  legal  services  or  reimbursement  of
reasonable  and  bona  fide  expenses  related  to  the representation of a
defendant in connection with a civil or criminal forfeiture proceeding or a
related criminal matter, shall be exempt from a judgment of forfeiture. For
purposes of this subdivision, "bona  fide"  means  that  the  attorney  who
acquired  such  property  had  no  reasonable basis to believe that the fee
transaction was  a  fraudulent  or  sham  transaction  designed  to  shield
property   from   forfeiture,   hide   its   existence   from  governmental
investigative agencies,  or  was  conducted  for  any  purpose  other  than
legitimate.