N.Y. Highway Law § 51: Repair of highways at railroad crossings

§ 51. Repair of highways at railroad crossings. Whenever a highway

crosses a railroad track at grade and such grade crossing is out of

repair, if it is the judgment of the commissioner of transportation, the

board of supervisors of a county, the board of aldermen of a city, the

board of trustees of a village or the town superintendent of highways of

a town that the same should be repaired, the commissioner of

transportation, the board of supervisors of a county, the board of

aldermen of a city, the board of trustees of a village or the town

superintendent of a town may repair and maintain the same and charge the

expense thereof to the railroad company over whose railroad such

crossing is repaired and maintained, if after fifteen days' notice in

writing such railroad company neglects or refuses to repair the same.