N.Y. Correct. Law § 149
In the case of any incarcerated individual convicted of a felony, it shall be the duty of the department at least forty-eight hours prior to the release of any such incarcerated individual from a correctional facility to notify the chief of police both of the city, town or village in which such incarcerated individual proposes to reside and of the city, town or village in which such incarcerated individual resided at the time of his or her conviction and the district attorney of the county where the offense for which the incarcerated individual is incarcerated was prosecuted, of the contemplated release of such incarcerated individual, informing such chief of police and the district attorney of the name and aliases of the incarcerated individual, the address at which he or she proposes to reside, the amount of time remaining to be served, if any, on the full term for which he or she was sentenced, and the nature of the crime for which he or she was sentenced, transmitting at the same time to the chief of police a copy of such incarcerated individual's fingerprints and photograph. Where such incarcerated individual proposes to reside outside of a city, such notification shall be sent to the sheriff of the county in which such incarcerated individual proposes to reside. Such notification may be provided by electronic transmission to those willing jurisdictions that have the capability of receiving electronic transmission notification. Any chief of police or sheriff who receives notification of a released incarcerated individual pursuant to this section may request and receive from the division of criminal justice services a report containing a summary of such incarcerated individual's criminal record.
N.Y. Correct. Law § 149