2006 New York Code - Occupant Compartments.

 
    § 382-c. Occupant  compartments.    The commissioner may prescribe, by
  regulation, standards  consistent  with  federal  motor  vehicle  safety
  standards  specifying  requirements  for  instrument panels, seat backs,
  protrusions (including knobs, switches,  levers,  handles,  bezels,  and
  panel  contours),  sun  visors,  arm rests, steering control systems and
  other similar components of the interior of the  occupant's  compartment
  of  motor  vehicles  to  afford  impact  protection  for  occupants. The
  commissioner may limit the application of such regulations to  specified
  classes  of vehicles; provided, however, that such regulations shall not
  apply to  any  motor  vehicle  manufactured  prior  to  June  thirtieth,
  nineteen  hundred  sixty-seven.  No motor vehicle shall be registered or
  driven on the public highways of the state  unless  it  is  constructed,
  equipped  or  maintained  as  required  by  the  regulations promulgated
  pursuant to this section.