N.Y. Suffolk County Tax Act § 61
The court may in its discretion designate the sheriff of Suffolk county as the officer to make the sale of real property in any action or proceeding brought as herein provided, and the sheriff shall serve without charge. Unless the judgment otherwise directs, the officer making the sale must, out of the proceeds, first pay, as a part of the expenses of the sale, all taxes and assessments which are liens upon the property sold, and which have become such prior to or subsequent to the filing of notice of pendency of the action, and redeem the property sold from any sales for unpaid taxes and assessments, which were had subsequent to the filing of such notice of pendency of action. The plaintiff's costs and allowances, exclusive of disbursements, shall be the same as the costs and allowances now provided by the civil practice act and rules of procedure in the case of foreclosure of mortgages on real estate by action, except that there shall be no allowances by statute or by the court unless the amount recovered is in excess of five hundred dollars.
N.Y. Suffolk County Tax Act § 61