N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-0903

§ 71-0903. Accessories guilty as principals.\n 1. A person who counsels or aids in a violation of any provision of\nthe Fish and Wildlife Law or a regulation or order of the department\npursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Law, or knowingly shares in any of the\nproceeds of such a violation by receiving or possessing fish, game,\nwildlife, shellfish, crustacea or protected insects is guilty of the\nviolation which he counsels or aids, or the proceeds of which he\nknowingly shares.\n 2. In any case where possession, transportation, buying or selling of\nfish, game, wildlife, shellfish, crustacea or insects is unlawful solely\nbecause the taking thereof was unlawful, such possession,\ntransportation, buying or selling by a person other than a person guilty\nof the unlawful taking shall be punishable only if done with knowledge\nthat the taking was unlawful.\n