N.Y. Railroad Law § 197: Protection of employees in the counties of Kings and Queens

§ 197. Protection of employees in the counties of Kings and Queens.

Every corporation operating a street surface railroad in the counties of

Kings or Queens, shall cause the front and rear platforms of every

passenger car propelled by electricity, cable or compressed air,

operated on any division of such railroad during the months of December,

January, February and March, except cars attached to the rear of other

cars, to be inclosed from the fronts of the platforms to the fronts of

the hoods so as to afford protection to any person stationed by such

corporation on such platforms to perform duties connected with the

operation of such cars. Every corporation or person using and operating

a car in violation of this section shall be liable to a penalty of

twenty-five dollars per day for each car used and operated, to be

collected in an action brought by the transit commission and to be paid

to the treasurer of the city of New York, or in a suit by the district

attorney of the counties of Kings or Queens to be paid into the treasury

of the city of New York.