N.Y. Abandoned Property Law § 1309
1. Any amount held or owing by any organization other than a banking organization for the payment of a travelers check on which such organization is directly liable, sold by such organization on or after January first, nineteen hundred thirty, shall be deemed abandoned property if such amount is held or owing for payment of a travelers check which shall have been outstanding for more than fifteen years from the date of its sale and
2. Any amount held or owing by any such organization for the payment of a money order, or for the payment of any instrument drawn or issued to effect the payment therefor, sold by such organization on or after January first, nineteen hundred thirty shall be deemed abandoned property when such amount has remained unpaid to the person entitled thereto for five years and