NY Veh & Traf L § 1630 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 8 - Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities Article 38 - Regulation of Traffic by Public Authorities and Commissions 1630 - Regulation of Traffic on Highways Under the Jurisdiction of Certain Public Authorities and Commissions.

§ 1630. Regulation  of  traffic  on highways under the jurisdiction of   certain public authorities and commissions. The New York  state  thruway   authority,   a   county   park  commission,  the  Niagara  Falls  bridge   commission, a parkway  authority,  a  bridge  authority,  including  the   Buffalo   and  Fort  Erie  public  bridge  authority,  the  metropolitan   transportation authority, the Long Island  Rail  Road,  the  Metro-North   Commuter   Railroad,  the  office  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic   preservation,  the  department  of   environmental   conservation,   the   department  of agriculture and markets, the industrial exhibit authority   or a bridge and tunnel  authority  may  by  ordinance,  order,  rule  or   regulation  prohibit,  restrict or regulate traffic on or pedestrian use   of any  highway,  property  or  facility  under  its  jurisdiction.  The   provisions  of section sixteen hundred of this title shall be applicable   to such ordinances, orders, rules and  regulations,  provided,  however,   that  such ordinances, orders, rules and regulations shall supersede the   provisions of this  chapter  where  inconsistent  or  in  conflict  with   respect to the following enumerated subjects:1.  Weights  and dimensions of vehicles, except that no combination of   commercial vehicles, (as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision  eleven   of  section  three  hundred  seventy-six of the vehicle and traffic law)   coupled together shall consist of more than three vehicles.2. Parking, standing, stopping and backing of vehicles.3. The prohibition  or  regulation  of  the  use  of  any  highway  by   particular  vehicles  or  classes  or  types thereof or devices moved by   human power, except hearses  operated  by  or  for  a  licensed  funeral   director  or  undertaker  during  a  burial  or funeral procession while   travelling either to or from  a  funeral,  interment  or  cremation  and   except  specialized  vehicles  as defined by section four hundred one of   this chapter.4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use  of   the  highway  or  any of its parts or entry into or remaining within the   central business district established by article  forty-four-C  of  this   chapter, where the imposition thereof is authorized by law.5. Establishment of maximum and minimum speed limits at which vehicles   may proceed on or along such highways. No such maximum speed limit shall   be  established  at  less  than  twenty-five miles per hour, except that   school speed limits may be established at not less  than  fifteen  miles   per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty   feet,  on  a  highway  passing  a school building, entrance or exit of a   school abutting on the highway, and except that, with respect to  bridge   and  elevated  structures  that  are a part of any such highway, a lower   maximum speed limit may be established if it  is  determined  that  such   lower  maximum  speed  limit  is  the  maximum  speed limit which may be   maintained without structural damage to such bridge  or  structure,  and   except  that,  with respect to any highway under the jurisdiction of the   office of parks, recreation and  historic  preservation,  other  than  a   parkway  as  defined  in  subdivision  seventeen  of section 1.03 of the   parks, recreation and  historic  preservation  law,  the  department  of   agriculture  and  markets or the industrial exhibit authority, a maximum   speed limit of not less than ten miles per hour may  be  established  on   any  portion  thereof, if it is determined that such lower maximum speed   limit is necessary to assure the safety of the public, and except  that,   with respect to any highway having toll plazas, a maximum speed limit of   not less than five miles per hour may be established for passage through   such toll plazas.6. Operation of authorized emergency vehicles.7. Control of persons and equipment engaged in work on the highway.8. Hitchhiking and commercial activities. 9.  Use  of  medial  strips  and dividing malls or sections and use of   shoulders of the highway.10. Use of the highway by pedestrians, equestrians and animals.11. Turning of vehicles.12. Regulation of the direction of the movement of traffic and the use   of traffic lanes.13.  Regulation  of  the  use  of  horns,  lights  and  other required   equipment of vehicles.14. Towing and pushing of vehicles, including, but not limited to, the   licensing and regulation of persons engaged in the business  of  towing,   and  the  fixing  of  maximum charges to be made by such persons for the   towing and storage of disabled vehicles.15. Objects projecting or hanging outside or on the top of vehicles.16. Entering and driving off the highway, its roadways, medial strips,   dividing malls and shoulders.17.  The  prohibition  or  regulation  of   speed   contests,   races,   exhibitions of speed, processions or parades.18. Littering the highway.19.  Vehicles  illegally  parked,  stopped  or  standing,  or vehicles   involved in accidents, including, but not limited to,  the  removal  and   storage  of  such vehicles, the fixing of reasonable charges, to be paid   by the owner, operator  or  person  entitled  to  possession,  for  such   removal  and  storage  and  for  other  expenses  incurred in connection   therewith, the creation of liens on such vehicles for such  charges  and   expenses,  the enforcement of such liens, the determination of ownership   or right to possession of such vehicles, the time before  such  vehicles   are  deemed  abandoned  vehicles  pursuant  to  section  twelve  hundred   twenty-four of this chapter, and the  disposition  of  the  proceeds  of   sales held pursuant to said section.19-a.  Requirements imposing a duty upon any person removing a vehicle   illegally parked, stopped or standing, without  the  permission  of  the   owner  or  operator,  to  accept  payment  in  person  by credit card in   accordance with generally accepted business practices.20.   Transportation   of   combustibles,    chemicals,    explosives,   inflammables,  or  other  dangerous  substances,  articles, compounds or   mixtures, including, but not limited to, dangerous articles, as  defined   in section three hundred eighty of this chapter.21. Traffic signal legend applicable to pedestrians and use of arrows.22. Designate preferential use lanes for specified types or classes of   vehicles.23.  Parking, standing and stopping of vehicles registered pursuant to   section four hundred four-a  of  this  chapter  or  those  possessing  a   special  vehicle identification parking permit issued in accordance with   section one thousand two hundred three-a of this chapter.