2006 New York Code - Right Of Privacy.

 
    §  50.  Right  of privacy. A person, firm or corporation that uses for
  advertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the  name,  portrait
  or  picture  of  any  living  person  without  having first obtained the
  written consent of such person, or if a minor of his or  her  parent  or
  guardian, is guilty of a misdemeanor.