N.Y. Railroad Law § 61-a: Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized persons

§ 61-a. Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized

persons. A person who shall ring or sound a signal bell or device for

starting or stopping a passenger car, of a street or other surface

railroad, or subway or elevated railroad, while such car is in use for

the transportation of passengers, unless such person be the conductor of

the car or a person employed to operate the car, or unless the bell or

device so rung or sounded be one expressly provided for direct use by

passengers in stopping the car, is guilty of a misdemeanor and

punishable by a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars.