New York Laws
Article 2 - Commissioner of Transportation
16 - Removal of Noxious Weeds and Brush Within State Highways.

ยง 16. Removal of noxious weeds and brush within state highways. The
commissioner of transportation may cause noxious weeds, briers and brush
growing within the bounds of state highways to be cut and removed, and
the cost thereof shall be paid from funds as now provided under section
two hundred and sixty-two of the highway law.