N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-1105

§ 11-1105. Procedure.\n 1. Traps set for taking wildlife shall bear the name and residence\naddress or the assigned identification number of the operator legibly at\nall times, provided, that state, county and municipal law enforcement\nagencies shall have access to the name, address and telephone number of\nsuch operator who was assigned such identification number. They shall be\nvisited once in each twenty-four hours, except in the Northern Zone\nwhere they shall be visited once in each forty-eight hours or a shorter\ninterval of no less than twenty-four hours as the department may, by\nregulation, require, and all wildlife held captive shall immediately be\nremoved from the traps.\n 2. Wildlife lawfully taken alive in traps may be killed in any manner,\nexcept that where the taking is pursuant to a permit or special license,\nit may not be killed in violation of any term of such permit or license.\n