Payroll deductions may be made by the employer notwithstanding any restriction in this article, and shall be deductible in addition to the payments under any wage assignment permitted by this article; provided however that in any case where payroll deductions and a payment due under an assignment will more than equal an installment of earnings due, the assignment shall have priority over any payroll deductions.
N.Y. Pers. Prop. Law § 48-D