N.Y. Const. art. II, § 4: Certain occupations and conditions not to affect residence

§ 4. For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have

gained or lost a residence, by reason of his or her presence or absence,

while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in

the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or

of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor

while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, or institution wholly or

partly supported at public expense or by charity; nor while confined in

any public prison.