New York Consolidated Laws, Partnership Law - PTR § 121-804. Distribution of assets

(a) to creditors, including partners who are creditors, to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited partnership, whether by payment or by establishment of adequate reserves, other than liabilities for distributions to partners under section 121-601 or 121-604 of this article;

(b) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners and former partners in satisfaction of liabilities for distributions under section 121-601 or 121-604 of this article; and

(c) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners first for the return of their contributions, to the extent not previously returned, and secondly respecting their partnership interests, in the proportions in which the partners share in distributions in accordance with section 121-504 of this article.