2006 New York Code - Purpose.

 
    § 221. Purpose.  This  article  shall  continue  the implementation of
  section  fourteen  of  article  seven  of  the  constitution  and  shall
  supersede  chapter  six  hundred  seventy-seven  and chapter six hundred
  seventy-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-eight, and all acts
  supplementary thereto  and  amendatory  thereof,  known  as  the  "grade
  crossing  elimination  act,"  and chapter two hundred eighty-nine of the
  laws of nineteen hundred thirty-nine, and all acts supplementary thereto
  and amendatory thereof, known as the "grade crossing elimination act  of
  nineteen hundred thirty-nine."