New York Laws
Article 2 - Commissioner of Transportation
15 - Removal of Vehicles.

§ 15. Removal of vehicles. 1. The commissioner of transportation shall
have the power to cause the removal and disposition of any vehicle left
unattended for more than twenty-four hours within the right of way of
any state highway or on any other public property under his
jurisdiction.

2. The commissioner of transportation shall have the power to cause
the immediate removal, from the right of way of any state highway, of
any vehicle which obstructs or interferes with the use of such a highway
for public travel; or which obstructs or interferes with the
construction, reconstruction or maintenance of such a highway; or which
obstructs or interferes with the clearing or removal of snow or ice from
such a highway; or which obstructs or interferes with any operation of
the department of transportation during a public emergency.

3. The owner of a vehicle removed under any of the provisions of this
section may be charged the reasonable cost of removal and disposition
thereof.

4. The term vehicle, as used in this section, shall mean every device
in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or
drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.