N.Y. Highway Law § 216: When town not liable for damages

§ 216. When town not liable for damages. No town shall be liable for

any damage resulting to persons or property by the reason of the

breaking of any bridge, sluice or culvert, by transportation on the same

of any traction engine, portable piece of machinery, or of any vehicle

or load, together weighing eight tons or over, but any owner thereof or

other persons engaged in transporting or directing the same shall be

liable for all damages resulting therefrom.