N.Y. Correct. Law § 149

§ 149. Released inmates; notification to sheriff, police, and district\nattorney. In the case of any inmate convicted of a felony, it shall be\nthe duty of the department at least forty-eight hours prior to the\nrelease of any such inmate from a correctional facility to notify the\nchief of police both of the city, town or village in which such inmate\nproposes to reside and of the city, town or village in which such inmate\nresided at the time of his or her conviction and the district attorney\nof the county where the offense for which the inmate is incarcerated was\nprosecuted, of the contemplated release of such inmate, informing such\nchief of police and the district attorney of the name and aliases of the\ninmate, the address at which he or she proposes to reside, the amount of\ntime remaining to be served, if any, on the full term for which he or\nshe was sentenced, and the nature of the crime for which he or she was\nsentenced, transmitting at the same time to the chief of police a copy\nof such inmate's fingerprints and photograph. Where such inmate proposes\nto reside outside of a city, such notification shall be sent to the\nsheriff of the county in which such inmate proposes to reside. Such\nnotification may be provided by electronic transmission to those willing\njurisdictions that have the capability of receiving electronic\ntransmission notification. Any chief of police or sheriff who receives\nnotification of a released inmate pursuant to this section may request\nand receive from the division of criminal justice services a report\ncontaining a summary of such inmate's criminal record.\n