N.Y. General Municipal Law § 238: Private streets

§ 238. Private streets. The body creating such planning commission may

at any time, by ordinance or resolution provide that no plan, plot or

description, showing the layout of any highway or street upon private

property, or of building lots in connection with or in relation to such

highway or street shall, within the limits of any municipality having a

planning commission, as aforesaid, be received for record in the office

of the clerk of the county where such real property is situated, until a

copy of said plan, plot or description has been filed with said

commission and it has certified, with relation thereto, its approval

thereof. Such certificate shall be recorded as a part of the record of

said original instrument containing said plan, plot, or description. No

such street or highway which has not received the approval of the

planning commission shall be accepted by said city or village until the

matter has been referred to such commission under the provision of

section two hundred and thirty-six of this article. But if any such

street is plotted or laid out in accordance with the map of said

municipality, adopted according to law, then it shall not be necessary

to file such copy, or obtain or record such certificate.