N.Y. General Business Law § 753-d: Construction with other laws

§ 753-d. Construction with other laws. Nothing in this article shall

be construed to (a) limit or restrict agents or officers of societies

for the prevention of cruelty to animals or the police from enforcing

articles twenty-six and twenty-six-A of the agriculture and markets law

or any other law relating to the humane treatment of, or cruelty to,

animals, (b) limit or restrict any municipality from enacting or

enforcing any authorized local law, rule, regulation or ordinance of

general application to businesses governing public health, safety or the

rights of consumers, or (c) limit or restrict any municipality from

enacting or enforcing a local law, rule, regulation or ordinance

governing pet dealers, as such term is defined in this article,

including a law, rule, regulation or ordinance governing the health or

safety of animals acquired or maintained by pet dealers, the source of

animals sold or offered for sale by pet dealers, and the spay or neuter

of such animals; provided, however, that any such local law, rule,

regulation or ordinance shall be no less stringent than the applicable

provisions of this article and may not result in essentially banning all

sales of dogs or cats raised and maintained in a healthy and safe

manner. Where any penalty may be authorized for the violation of such a

local law, rule, regulation or ordinance, the authorized penalty in such

local law, rule, regulation or ordinance may not exceed a civil penalty

of up to five hundred dollars. Where a municipality adopts such a local

law, rule, regulation or ordinance that is more stringent than the

applicable provisions of this article, such municipality shall have sole

responsibility for enforcement of such law, rule, regulation or

ordinance that is more stringent than the applicable provisions of this

article.