N.Y. VAT Law § 1604

§ 1604. Local ordinances prohibited. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis chapter, local authorities shall have no power to pass, enforce or\nmaintain any ordinance, rule or regulation requiring from any owner of a\nmotor vehicle or motorcycle, or from any operator or chauffeur to whom\nthis chapter is applicable, any tax, fee, license or permit for the use\nof the public highways, or excluding any such owner, operator or\nchauffeur from the free use of such public highways, excepting such\ndriveway, speedway or road as has been or may be expressly set apart by\nlaw for the exclusive use of horses and light carriages, or in any other\nway restricting motor vehicles or motorcycles or their speed upon or use\nof the public highways; or setting aside for any given time a specified\npublic highway or any part thereof constructed in whole or in part at\nthe expense of the state for exhibitions, shows, exercises,\nentertainments or meetings; and no ordinance, rule or regulation\ncontrary to or in any wise inconsistent with the provisions of this\nchapter, now in force or hereafter enacted shall have any effect.\n Provided, however, that the power given to local authorities to\nlicense and regulate vehicles offered to the public for hire, and\nprocessions, assemblages or parades in the streets or public places, and\nall ordinances, rules and regulations which may have been or which may\nbe enacted in pursuance of such powers shall remain in full force and\neffect.\n