Peter,,,
I'm also in NYS. About 2 years ago I ordered an air rifle from Cheaperthandirt and they notified me they do not ship to NY State. I called them on the phone and spoke to a very nice man. I explained to him that in Suffolk County it's perfectly legal to have air guns shipped to you, I even mentioned to him all the other online air gun retailers that have shipped guns to me with no problem. His response was that it was their policy not to ship anywhere in NY State and that they would not make any exceptions.
I used to buy quite a bit of stuff from them but since then I refuse to buy anything from them. I told their representative of my intentions to stop buying from them and he simply said that he was sorry to be losing a customer but he would not budge from their air gun policy.
Jeff