2006 New York Code - Maximum Speed Limits.

 
    § 1180-a. Maximum speed limits. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision
  of  law,  no  city,  village,  town, county, public authority, division,
  office or department of the state shall maintain or create (a) any speed
  limit in excess of fifty-five miles  per  hour  on  any  road,  highway,
  parkway  or  bridge  or  (b)  any  speed limit on any other portion of a
  public highway, which is not uniformly applicable to all types of  motor
  vehicles  using  such portion of highway, if on November first, nineteen
  hundred seventy-three, such portion of highway had a speed  limit  which
  was  uniformly  applicable  to  all  types  of  motor vehicles using it;
  provided however, a lower speed limit may be established for any vehicle
  operating under a special permit because of any weight or  dimension  of
  such  vehicle,  including  any  load  thereon, and (c) provided further,
  paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall not apply to any  portion  of  a
  highway  during such time that the condition of the highway, weather, an
  accident, or other condition creates a temporary hazard to the safety of
  traffic on such portion of a highway. However, the commissioner  of  the
  department  of transportation may establish a maximum speed limit of not
  more than sixty-five miles per hour on any  state  roadway  which  meets
  department criteria for such maximum speed.
    2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  (a)  and  (b) of
  subdivision one of this section,  upon  The  Governor  Thomas  E.  Dewey
  Thruway  as  such  term is defined in section three hundred fifty-six of
  the public authorities law, the New York  state  thruway  authority  may
  establish  a  maximum  speed limit of not more than sixty-five miles per
  hour provided that such maximum allowable speed limit is established  in
  accordance with all applicable rules and regulations.
    3.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  (a)  and  (b) of
  subdivision one of this section, upon (a) the southern  tier  expressway
  from  a  point  east  of  the  town of Lowman, in the county of Chemung,
  thence generally westerly  to  the  Pennsylvania  border  and  from  the
  Chemung interchange to New York touring route twenty-six, (b) interstate
  route  eighty-one  from  the Pennsylvania border in Broome county to the
  interchange with New  York  state  touring  route  twelve  in  Jefferson
  county,   (c)  the  Adirondack  northway  portion  of  interstate  route
  eighty-seven from the interchange with Crescent Road in Saratoga  county
  to  the  province  of Quebec, (d) interstate route eighty-eight from the
  interchange with New York state touring route three  hundred  sixty-nine
  in  Broome  county  to  the  interchange with interstate route ninety in
  Schenectady county, (e) interstate route three hundred ninety, known  as
  the  Genesee  Expressway,  from  the  interchange with the southern tier
  expressway in Steuben county to the interchange  with  interstate  route
  four  hundred ninety in Monroe county, (f) interstate route four hundred
  ninety from interstate ninety exit forty-five in Ontario county  to  the
  city  of  Rochester  in  Monroe  county  and from interstate ninety exit
  forty-seven in Genesee county to the city of Rochester in Monroe county,
  (g) interstate route five  hundred  ninety  from  the  interchange  with
  interstate   route   three  hundred  ninety  in  Monroe  county  to  the
  interchange with interstate route four hundred ninety in Monroe  county,
  (h)  route  seventeen  from  the interchange with New York touring route
  three hundred ninety-four to the  Pennsylvania  border,  (i)  interstate
  route  four  hundred  eighty-one  from  the  southerly  interchange with
  interstate  route  eighty-one  in  Onondaga  county  to  the   northerly
  interchange with interstate route eighty-one in Onondaga county, (j) New
  York  state  touring  route  four  hundred eighty-one from the northerly
  interchange with interstate route eighty-one in Onondaga county  to  the
  city  of Fulton in Oswego county, (k) interstate ninety from exit eight,
  in  the  county  of  Rensselaer,  thence  generally  easterly   to   the
  interchange  with  the Berkshire section of The Governor Thomas E. Dewey
  Thruway, (l) interstate route six  hundred  ninety,  from  the  city  of
  Syracuse  and  town  of  Geddes border, thence generally westerly to the
  interchange with the New York state thruway, (m) New York state  touring
  route  six  hundred ninety, from the interchange with the New York state
  thruway, thence generally westerly to its  intersection  with  New  York
  state  touring  route  forty-eight in the town of Lysander, (n) New York
  state touring route six hundred ninety-five, from the  interchange  with
  interstate  route  six  hundred  ninety  approximately  2.3 miles to the
  interchange with New York state touring route five, (o) New  York  state
  touring  route  five  from  the  interchange with New York state touring
  route six hundred ninety-five approximately 5.0 miles to the interchange
  with New York state touring route one hundred seventy-four in  the  town
  of  Camillus, and (p) route five hundred thirty-one from the interchange
  with interstate route four  hundred  ninety  in  Monroe  county  to  the
  interchange  with  route  thirty-six  in  Monroe  county, and (q) United
  States route two hundred  nineteen,  from  the  interchange  with  Armor
  Duelles  Road in the town of Orchard Park, thence generally southerly to
  the interchange with New York state route thirty-nine  in  the  town  of
  Concord,  the  commissioner  of  the  department  of  transportation may
  establish a maximum speed limit of not more than  sixty-five  miles  per
  hour  provided that such maximum allowable speed limit is established in
  accordance with all applicable rules and regulations.