N.Y. Highway Law § 14: Rules and regulations for state highways

§ 14. Rules and regulations for state highways. The commissioner of

transportation is hereby empowered to make rules and regulations from

time to time for the protection of any state highway or section thereof.

He may prohibit the use of chains or armored tires by motor vehicles

upon such highways, and any violation of this section shall be

punishable as a traffic infraction. Any person convicted of a violation

of this section shall for a first conviction thereof be punished by a

fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than

fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a second such

conviction within eighteen months thereafter such person shall be

punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by

imprisonment for not more than forty-five days or by both such fine and

imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent conviction within eighteen

months after the first conviction such person shall be punished by a

fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for

not more than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment.