N.Y. COR Law § 168-G

§ 168-g. Prior convictions; duty to inform and register. 1. The\ndepartment or office of probation and correctional alternatives in\naccordance with risk factors pursuant to section one hundred\nsixty-eight-l of this article shall determine the duration of\nregistration and notification for every sex offender who on the\neffective date of this article is then on community supervision or\nprobation for an offense provided for in subdivision two or three of\nsection one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article.\n 2. Every sex offender who on the effective date of this article is\nthen on community supervision or probation for an offense provided for\nin subdivision two or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this\narticle shall within ten calendar days of such determination register\nwith his parole or probation officer. On each anniversary of the sex\noffender's initial registration date thereafter, the provisions of\nsection one hundred sixty-eight-f of this article shall apply. Any sex\noffender who fails or refuses to so comply shall be subject to the same\npenalties as otherwise provided for in this article which would be\nimposed upon a sex offender who fails or refuses to so comply with the\nprovisions of this article on or after such effective date.\n 3. It shall be the duty of the parole or probation officer to inform\nand register such sex offender according to the requirements imposed by\nthis article. A parole or probation officer shall give one copy of the\nform to the sex offender and shall, within three calendar days, send two\ncopies electronically or otherwise to the department which shall forward\none copy electronically or otherwise to the law enforcement agency\nhaving jurisdiction where the sex offender resides upon his or her\ncommunity supervision, probation, or local conditional release.\n 4. A petition for relief from this section is permitted to any sex\noffender required to register while released to community supervision or\nprobation pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-o of this article.\n