N.Y. Transportation Law § 211: General provisions

§ 211. General provisions. No driver of a motor truck or motor bus

shall drive such vehicle or be on duty for any period of time in excess

of that authorized pursuant to regulation of the commissioner. The

commissioner is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations

governing the hours of service of drivers of motor trucks and motor

buses. Such rules and regulations shall be no less protective of public

safety than the rules and regulations promulgated by the federal

government with respect to hours of labor of operation of motor trucks

and motor buses, provided, however, that with regard to drivers of motor

buses operated by a public transportation authority operating

exclusively within its jurisdictional area, the rules and regulations of

the commissioner shall provide that no driver of such motor buses shall

drive more than twelve hours following eight consecutive hours off duty

and no driver of such motor buses shall drive for any period after

having been on duty for fifteen hours following eight consecutive hours

off duty and every driver of such motor buses shall have at least

twenty-four consecutive hours off duty in every period of seven

consecutive days and in no event shall such a driver be on duty for more

than seventy-five hours in any period of seven consecutive days.