N.Y. Correct. Law § 509

§ 509. Absence of inmate for funeral and deathbed visits. The sheriff\nof a local correctional facility or his designee may permit any inmate\nconfined in his local correctional facility to attend the funeral of his\nor her father, mother, guardian or former guardian, child, brother,\nsister, husband, wife, grandparent, grandchild, ancestral uncle or\nancestral aunt within the state, or to visit such individual during his\nor her illness if death be imminent; but the exercise of such power\nshall be subject to such rules and regulations as the commission shall\nprescribe, respecting the granting of such permission, duration of\nabsence from the institution, custody, transportation and care of the\ninmate, and guarding against escape.\n