[Psycho_Bunny]

Are you saying the executor of an estate in New York is personally liable for the debts of the estate?

That makes no sense.

[Gay State Conservative]

Are you saying the executor of an estate in New York is personally liable for the debts of the estate? That makes no sense.

No,as executrix of his estate she would have had a legal obligation to ensure that all his lawful debts were paid before any of his assets were distributed to his legal heir(s),those heirs having been established either in a lawfully executed will he may have written or under New York State's laws concerning those who die "intestate".