N.Y. RRD Law § 82

§ 82. Canada thistles to be cut. Every railroad corporation doing\nbusiness within this state, shall cause all Canada thistles, white and\nyellow daisies and other noxious weeds growing on any lands owned or\noccupied by it, to be cut down twice in each and every year, once\nbetween the fifteenth day of June and the twenty-fifth day of June and\nonce between the fifteenth day of August and the twenty-fifth day of\nAugust. If any such corporation shall neglect to cause the same to be so\ncut down, any person may cut the same, between the twenty-fifth day of\nJune and the fifth day of July inclusive, and between the twenty-fifth\nday of August and the fifth day of September inclusive in each year, at\nthe expense of the corporation on whose lands the same shall be so cut,\nat the rate of five dollars per day for the time occupied in cutting.\n