N.Y. Railroad Law § 99: Application of foregoing section

§ 99. Application of foregoing section. The provisions of sections

eighty-nine to ninety-eight, inclusive, of this chapter shall also apply

to all steam surface railroads existing on the first day of July,

eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, or thereafter, on which, after said

date, electricity or some other agency than steam shall be substituted

as a motive power. None of the provisions of said sections shall apply

to crossings in the city of Syracuse under the jurisdiction of the

Syracuse grade crossing commission. The terms "municipality" and

"municipal corporation" as used in said sections shall include cities,

villages, towns and counties.