N.Y. Elec. Law § 5-106

§ 5-106. Qualifications of voters; reasons for exclusion.\n 1. No person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay,\noffer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to\nanother, to be paid or used, any money or any other valuable thing as a\ncompensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at an\nelection, or for registering or refraining from registering as a voter,\nor who shall make any promise to influence the giving or withholding of\nany such vote or registration, or who shall make or become directly or\nindirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of\nan election, shall vote at such election.\n 2. No person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws\nof this state, shall have the right to register for or vote at any\nelection unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of\ncitizenship by the governor, or his maximum sentence of imprisonment has\nexpired, or he has been discharged from parole. The governor, however,\nmay attach as a condition to any such pardon a provision that any such\nperson shall not have the right of suffrage until it shall have been\nseparately restored to him.\n 3. No person who has been convicted in a federal court, of a felony,\nor a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of\nthis state, shall have the right to register for or vote at any election\nunless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of\ncitizenship by the president of the United States, or his maximum\nsentence of imprisonment has expired, or he has been discharged from\nparole.\n 4. No person who has been convicted in another state for a crime or\noffense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this state\nshall have the right to register for or vote at any election in this\nstate unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of\ncitizenship by the governor or other appropriate authority of such other\nstate, or his maximum sentence has expired, or he has been discharged\nfrom parole.\n 5. The provisions of subdivisions two, three and four of this section\nshall not apply if the person so convicted is not sentenced to either\ndeath or imprisonment, or if the execution of a sentence of imprisonment\nis suspended.\n 6. No person who has been adjudged incompetent by order of a court of\ncompetent judicial authority shall have the right to register for or\nvote at any election in this state unless thereafter he shall have been\nadjudged competent pursuant to law.\n