It now heads to the desk of Governor Andrew Cuomo, but he hasn't said whether he'll sign it into law.
Declawing a cat is already illegal in much of Europe as well as in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver.
However, Gina Lattuca of the SPCA serving Erie County says there could be some unintended consequences for Western New York, especially if this hinders families from deciding to adopt cats.
"To hear about a New York State ban on cat declawing, is there a chance that the number of cat adoptions will plummet - yes," she began. "What happens then? What happens when the cat overpopulation problem is too big to be handled? In a few short years, we could be dealing with a massive cat overpopulation problem in Erie County."
She added that lawmakers should dig deeper into this issue and perhaps pass supplemental legislation that would more heavily regulate the cat population in the state.
"Before they put a ban like this in place, there needs to be some kind of legislation concerning cats in our area - there is no legislation currently concerning felines," said Lattuca. "If somebody cared to, he or she could house 30, 40, 50 cats. As long as these cats are cared for, they can be allowed to wander in an outdoors, they can be allowed to reproduce because there's nothing to say that the cat has to be spayed or neutered. This is a problem. We're going to be dealing with a greater cat overpopulation problem that our animal agencies have been working so hard to bring an end to in Erie County."
Supporters of the ban include animal welfare advocates, who argue declawing is cruel and barbaric.
The New York Veterinary Medical Society opposed the bill, arguing that declawing should be allowed as a last resort in some circumstances.