2012 New York Consolidated Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 27 - (870-A - 870-O) CARNIVAL, FAIR AND AMUSEMENT PARK SAFETY
870-M - Exceptions.

 
    §  870-m.  Exceptions. (a) In the case of an amusement device, viewing
  stand or tent operated in a carnival, fair or amusement park located  in
  a  city  having  a  population  of over one million, a permit or license
  issued by such city shall satisfy  the  requirements  of  section  eight
  hundred  seventy-d  of  this article, provided that all the requirements
  for issuance of a permit by the commissioner have been satisfied.
    (b) This article shall not apply to the use of a viewing stand or tent
  on any state or county fairgrounds or to the use of a viewing  stand  or
  tent  owned,  leased or operated by any bona fide religious, charitable,
  educational,  fraternal,   service,   veteran   or   volunteer   firemen
  organization;  except that it shall apply to any private owner or lessee
  who operates an amusement device, viewing stand or tent on  a  state  or
  county fairgound, or for or on behalf of such organization.