N.Y. Highway Law § 15: Removal of vehicles

§ 15. Removal of vehicles. 1. The commissioner of transportation shall

have the power to cause the removal and disposition of any vehicle left

unattended for more than twenty-four hours within the right of way of

any state highway or on any other public property under his

jurisdiction.

2. The commissioner of transportation shall have the power to cause

the immediate removal, from the right of way of any state highway, of

any vehicle which obstructs or interferes with the use of such a highway

for public travel; or which obstructs or interferes with the

construction, reconstruction or maintenance of such a highway; or which

obstructs or interferes with the clearing or removal of snow or ice from

such a highway; or which obstructs or interferes with any operation of

the department of transportation during a public emergency.

3. The owner of a vehicle removed under any of the provisions of this

section may be charged the reasonable cost of removal and disposition

thereof.

4. The term vehicle, as used in this section, shall mean every device

in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or

drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used

exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.