N.Y. Executive Law § 8 (2026)

§ 8. Registration of noncitizens. Whenever a state of war exists
between the United States and a foreign country, or, in the judgment of
the governor public safety or necessity requires such action, the
governor may, by proclamation, direct every subject or citizen of such
foreign countries as the governor may designate in such proclamation,
who are in this state, or who may from time to time come into the state,
to appear within twenty-four hours after the date specified in such
proclamation or after arrival within the state, before such public
authorities as the governor may designate in such proclamation, and
personally register his or her name, residence, business, length of stay
and such other information as the governor shall prescribe. Such
proclamation shall be published in such newspapers as the governor may
designate. Every person to whom such proclamation is applicable shall
also comply with such rules or personal identification as the governor
shall from time to time prescribe. The occupant of every private
residence, and the owner, lessee or proprietor, operating or managing
every hotel, inn, boarding or rooming house shall, within twenty-four
hours after the date specified in such proclamation, notify such public
authorities of the presence therein of every subject or citizen of a
foreign country to whom such proclamation is applicable, and shall each
day thereafter notify such public authorities of the arrival thereat or
departure therefrom of every such subject or citizen. A failure to
comply with any such proclamation or to perform any act required by this
section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for one year or both.