N.Y. Transportation Law Section 147
Dogs accompanying persons with a disability

Subject to such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, all common and contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle shall permit a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog as defined in Civil Rights Law § 47-B (Miscellaneous provisions)section forty-seven-b of the civil rights law accompanying a person with a disability, as defined in subdivision twenty-one of Executive Law § 292 (Definitions)section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, to accompany, to guide, or otherwise to aid such person, to ride on all vehicles operated for transportation and no charge shall be made for the transportation of such dog.

Source: Section 147 — Dogs accompanying persons with a disability, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TRA/147 (updated Jan. 2, 2015; accessed Dec. 6, 2025).

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