N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1124: Limitations on overtaking on the left

§ 1124. Limitations on overtaking on the left. No vehicle shall be

driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and

passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless

authorized by the provisions of this chapter and unless such left side

is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient

distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely

made without interfering with the operation of any vehicle approaching

from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the

overtaking vehicle must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon

as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use of

a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction,

before coming within two hundred feet of any approaching vehicle.