New York Consolidated Laws, Criminal Procedure Law - CPL § 690.55 Search warrants;  disposition of seized property

(a) Retain it in the custody of the court pending further disposition thereof pursuant to subdivision two or some other provision of law;  or

(b) Direct that it be held in the custody of the person who applied for the warrant, or of the police officer who executed it, or of the governmental or official agency or department by which either such public servant is employed, upon condition that upon order of such court such property be returned thereto or delivered to another court.