N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 382-c: Occupant compartments

§ 382-c. Occupant compartments. The commissioner may prescribe, by

regulation, standards consistent with federal motor vehicle safety

standards specifying requirements for instrument panels, seat backs,

protrusions (including knobs, switches, levers, handles, bezels, and

panel contours), sun visors, arm rests, steering control systems and

other similar components of the interior of the occupant's compartment

of motor vehicles to afford impact protection for occupants. The

commissioner may limit the application of such regulations to specified

classes of vehicles; provided, however, that such regulations shall not

apply to any motor vehicle manufactured prior to June thirtieth,

nineteen hundred sixty-seven. No motor vehicle shall be registered or

driven on the public highways of the state unless it is constructed,

equipped or maintained as required by the regulations promulgated

pursuant to this section.