New York Laws
Article 160 - Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant After Arrest--Criminal Identification Records and Statistics
160.45 - Polygraph Tests; Prohibition Against.


1. No district attorney, police officer or employee of any law
enforcement agency shall request or require any victim of a sexual
assault crime to submit to any polygraph test or psychological stress
evaluator examination.

2. As used in this section, "victim of a sexual assault crime" means
any person alleged to have sustained an offense under article one
hundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law.