New York Laws
Article 7 - Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs
107 - Application.

§ 107. Application. 1. This article shall apply to all areas of the
state except any city having a population of over two million.

2. In the event that any dog owned by a resident of any city having a
population of over two million or by a non-resident of this state is
harbored within this state outside of any such city, the licensing
municipality in which such animal is harbored may exempt such dog from
the identification and licensing provisions of this article for a period
of thirty days provided such dog is licensed pursuant to the provisions
of law of the area of residence.

3. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of
any public or private hospital devoted solely to the treatment of sick
animals, or confined for the purposes of research to the premises of any
college or other educational or research institution.

4. This article shall not apply to any dog confined to the premises of
any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of breeding or
raising dogs for profit and licensed as a class A dealer under the
Federal Laboratory Animal Welfare Act.

5. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent a municipality from
adopting its own program for the control of dangerous dogs; provided,
however, that no such program shall be less stringent than this article,
and no such program shall regulate such dogs in a manner that is
specific as to breed. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one
of this section, this subdivision and sections one hundred twenty-three,
one hundred twenty-three-a and one hundred twenty-three-b of this
article shall apply to all municipalities including cities of two
million or more.

6. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit a
county from administering a dog licensing program for the municipalities
within its jurisdiction.