N.Y. RRD Law § 61-A
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Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized persons
Official statutory text
§ 61-a. Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized\npersons. A person who shall ring or sound a signal bell or device for\nstarting or stopping a passenger car, of a street or other surface\nrailroad, or subway or elevated railroad, while such car is in use for\nthe transportation of passengers, unless such person be the conductor of\nthe car or a person employed to operate the car, or unless the bell or\ndevice so rung or sounded be one expressly provided for direct use by\npassengers in stopping the car, is guilty of a misdemeanor and\npunishable by a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars.\n
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