N.Y. Highway Law § 324: Penalty for falling trees

§ 324. Penalty for falling trees. If any person shall cut down any

tree on land not occupied by him, so that it shall fall into any

highway, river or stream, unless by the order and consent of the

occupant, the person so offending shall forfeit to such occupant the sum

of one dollar for every tree so fallen and the like sum for every day

the same shall remain in the highway, river or stream.