2006 New York Code - Prohibited Acts.

 
    § 20-515 Prohibited acts. The following acts shall be prohibited:
    a.  maintaining  anywhere  for  use  in connection with towing a radio
  receiving set or other device capable of receiving signals  or  messages
  transmitted  on the frequencies allocated for police use except in a tow
  truck for which there exists a  current  permit  issued  by  the  police
  commissioner  pursuant to section 10-102 of the code. In any prosecution
  for  violation  of  this  subdivision,  there  shall  be  a   rebuttable
  presumption that such device was used to monitor police transmissions;
    b. soliciting or offering any inducements or making representations at
  the scene of a vehicular accident for the towing of any vehicle involved
  in  an  accident  or  for  the performance of any repairs on any vehicle
  involved in an accident except as may be reasonable and necessary at the
  scene of an accident for the towing of an accident vehicle on a  segment
  of  the  arterial  highways  by  an  arterial tow permittee who has been
  authorized  by  the  commissioner  of  transportation  or   the   police
  commissioner to provide tow service on such segment.
    c. giving or offering to give any payment, fee, reward, or other thing
  of value, directly or indirectly, for supplying information concerning a
  disabled  vehicle which may require towing service, which information is
  or may be used to solicit the towing  or  repair  of  such  vehicle,  or
  having printed any card or other notice offering to give a payment, fee,
  reward or other thing of value for such information; or
    d.  at  the  scene  of a vehicular accident, making an estimate of the
  cost of repairs, offering to make such an estimate, or offering to  make
  repairs,  or  providing any inducement, discount, reward, or other thing
  of value to encourage, urge or steer any person to  have  such  accident
  vehicle  towed  to  a  repair  facility or to have such accident vehicle
  repaired at a particular repair facility.