This is an article from the Buffalo News, March 6

Several readers objected to last week's item on Assembly Bill 1850, an animal cruelty bill. They claimed the bill Assemblyman Alexander Grannis (D-N.Y.) introduced could not be used to make hunting illegal.

The bill would allow legislators or a judge to redefine what constitutes "legal hunting by the DEC" and "aggravated cruelty" to the point that fish hooks and bullets could be considered illegal. Anti-hunting groups have tried to find sympathetic legislators and judges in other states.

Suitable laws exist to punish game hogs, resource thieves and cruel pet owners. Another law is not needed.