N.Y. PEN Law § 170.70

§ 170.70 Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number.\n A person is guilty of illegal possession of a vehicle identification\nnumber when:\n (1) He knowingly possesses a vehicle identification number label,\nsticker or plate which has been removed from the vehicle or vehicle part\nto which such label, sticker or plate was affixed by the manufacturer in\naccordance with 49 U.S.C. section 32101, et seq. and regulations\npromulgated thereunder or in accordance with the provisions of the\nvehicle and traffic law; or\n (2) He knowingly possesses a vehicle or vehicle part to which is\nattached a vehicle identification number label, sticker or plate or on\nwhich is stamped or embossed a vehicle identification number which has\nbeen destroyed, covered, defaced, altered or otherwise changed, or a\nvehicle or vehicle part from which a vehicle identification number\nlabel, sticker or plate has been removed, which label, sticker or plate\nwas affixed in accordance with 49 U.S.C. section 32101, et seq. or\nregulations promulgated thereunder, except when he has complied with the\nprovisions of the vehicle and traffic law and regulations promulgated\nthereunder; or\n (3) He knowingly possesses a vehicle, or part of a vehicle to which by\nlaw or regulation must be attached a vehicle identification number,\neither (a) with a vehicle identification number label, sticker, or plate\nwhich was not affixed by the manufacturer in accordance with 49 U.S.C.\nsection 32101, et seq. or regulations promulgated thereunder, or in\naccordance with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law or\nregulations promulgated thereunder, or (b) on which is affixed, stamped\nor embossed a vehicle identification number which was not affixed,\nstamped or embossed by the manufacturer, or in accordance with 49 U.S.C.\nsection 32101, et seq. or regulations promulgated thereunder or in\naccordance with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law or\nregulations promulgated thereunder.\n Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number is a class E\nfelony.\n