2015 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 26 - (Agriculture & Markets) ANIMALS
370 - Protection of the public from attack by wild animals and reptiles.

 370. Protection  of  the  public  from  attack  by  wild animals and
  reptiles. Any person owning, possessing or harboring a  wild  animal  or
  reptile  capable of inflicting bodily harm upon a human being, who shall
  fail to exercise due care in safeguarding the public from attack by such
  wild animal or reptile,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by
  imprisonment  for  not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than
  five hundred dollars, or by both. "Wild animal" within  the  meaning  of
  this section, shall not include a dog or cat or other domestic animal.
Previous attacks upon a human being by such wild animal or reptile, or
  knowledge of the vicious propensities of such wild animal or reptile, on
  the  part of the possessor or harborer thereof, shall not be required to
  be proven by the people upon a prosecution hereunder;  and  neither  the
  fact  that  such  wild  animal  or reptile has not previously attacked a
  human being, nor lack of knowledge of the vicious propensities  of  such
  wild  animal  or reptile on the part of the owner, possessor or harborer
  thereof shall constitute a defense to a prosecution hereunder.