N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 114-b: Emergency operation

§ 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an

authorized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in

transporting a sick or injured person, transporting prisoners,

delivering blood or blood products in a situation involving an imminent

health risk, transporting human organs and/or medical personnel for the

purpose of organ recovery or transplantation in a situation involving an

imminent health risk where undue delay would jeopardize such recovery or

transplantation, pursuing an actual or suspected violator of the law, or

responding to, or working or assisting at the scene of an accident,

disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actual or potential release of

hazardous materials or other emergency. Emergency operation shall not

include returning from such service.