New York Consolidated Laws, Limited Liability Company Law - LLC § 704. Distribution of assets

(a) to creditors, including members who are creditors, to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited liability company, whether by payment or by establishment of adequate reserves, other than liabilities for distributions to members and former members under section five hundred seven or section five hundred nine of this chapter;

(b) except as provided in the operating agreement, to members and former members in satisfaction of liabilities for distributions under section five hundred seven or section five hundred nine of this chapter; and

(c) except as provided in the operating agreement, to members first for the return of their contributions, to the extent not previously returned, and second respecting their membership interests, in the proportions in which the members share in distributions in accordance with section five hundred four of this chapter.