New York Consolidated Laws, Judiciary Law - JUD § 799-a. Notice of application for remission and discharge and costs on remission

An application for an order, as prescribed in section seven hundred and ninety-eight, cannot be heard, until such notice thereof as the court deems reasonable, has been given to the district-attorney of the county, and until he has had an opportunity to examine the matter, and prepare to resist the application.  And upon granting such an order, the court must always impose, as a condition thereof, the payment of the costs and expenses, if any, incurred in an action or special proceeding for the collection of the fine, or the penalty of the recognizance.