I would say this is not Ae. albopictus because:
1) Color of thorax is not black enough. Even the males have a deep black abdomen and bright white stripe.
2) Occiput, pedicel (base of antenna), and palps of this specimen lack white scales.

I examined a male Ae. albopictus from my laboratory, and this one does not match in these respects. Also, New York State seems pretty far north for this species. It is probably an Aedes, but not a Tiger.

Based on Sean and Omar's comments, I have moved this image to the Aedes generic category, without assigning it to a species. Unless y'all think it looks like A. aegypti? Does not resemble A. vexans very closely, at least to my barely-trained eye... JSR

an Ochlerotatus, not necessarily an Aedes genus. It is neither Ae. vexans or Ae. aegypti. One is brown and has narrow basal bands (the former) and one is a tropical species (the latter). This guy is making me curious. Im gonna have to look into it.

I was referring to Aedes sensu lato. Old habits die hard.

i knew that. i was just explaining to Josh

Darned interesting mosquito. Nonetheless, it is a male, and as such may be difficult. Darsie is going to publish a key to male genitalia sometime, but that won't help here...

not an ae albopictus. i also concur with the scutum pattern on the male

It is not a albopictus. Albopictus males have similar markings to the females. They have a white band on the thorax. They are a striking white and black. It can't be aegypti either because they are also a striking black and white. The male in the picture does have markings similar to the aegypti but the aegypti is more black with white markings as this one is more of a brown. I would still guess Aedes though.

This is not an albopictus. It's a male japonicus.

It could be, but the lines on the thorax look way less golden than some of the other pictures I have seen. Could be the way the light was hitting it. The knee spots on the hind femora seem to match.