N.Y. General City Law § 94

§ 94. Women under arrest to have separate accommodations. It shall be\nthe duty of the boards of commissioners of police in every city, or if\nthere be no board of police, then of the mayor of such city, to provide\nsufficient accommodations for women held under arrest to keep them\nseparate and apart from the cells, corridors and apartments provided for\nmales under arrest, and to so arrange each station house that no\ncommunication can be had between the men and women therein confined,\nexcept with the consent of the matrons and officers in charge of such\nstation house.\n