Backyard chicken laws in New York
5 of the 19 New York cities we’ve verified allow backyard chickens outright; the rest allow them conditionally by zone or lot size. Select your city for hen limits, permits, setbacks, and the official code.
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All New York cities
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Albany◐ Conditional · 6 hensBinghamton✓ Allowed · 4 hensBuffalo◐ Conditional · 5 hensIthaca◐ Conditional · 6 hensJamestown✗ Not allowedMount Vernon✗ Not allowedNew Rochelle◐ ConditionalNew York City✓ AllowedNiagara Falls✗ Not allowedNorth Tonawanda◐ Conditional · 5 hensPoughkeepsie✗ Not allowedRochester◐ Conditional · 30 hensRome✓ Allowed · 8 hensSchenectady✗ Not allowedSyracuse✓ Allowed · 6 hensTroy✗ Not allowedUtica✗ Not allowedWhite Plains✓ Allowed · 6 hensYonkers✗ Not allowed
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