N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 149: Through highway

§ 149. Through highway. Every highway or portion thereof on which

vehicular traffic is given preferential right of way, and at the

entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is

controlled by traffic-control signals or is required by law to yield the

right of way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to a

flashing red signal, a stop sign or a yield sign, when such signals or

signs are erected as provided in this chapter.