In re Five Thousand Seventy-Six Dollars Seized Pursuant to Search Warrant Log Number 436/2005

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gustin L. Reichbach, J.

*719On January 3, 2006, the District Attorney’s Office of Kings County submitted an ex parte application to the court seeking an order releasing from the New York City Police Department Property Clerk’s office the sum of $5,076 that was seized in connection with the execution of a search warrant and which also resulted in the arrest of three defendants. In its ex parte application, the District Attorney’s Office claims that “it is in the best interest of justice that the property be turned over to the United States Department of Justice, United States…