2010 New York Code
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 4 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Article 17-A* - (490 - 495) NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD
460 - Legislative findings.

§ 460. Legislative  findings.  The legislature finds and declares that
  the distribution and sale of motor vehicles within  this  state  vitally
  affects the general economy of the state and the public interest and the
  public welfare, and that in order to promote the public interest and the
  public  welfare and in the exercise of its police power, it is necessary
  to regulate motor vehicle manufacturers,  distributors  and  factory  or
  distributor  representatives  and  to regulate dealers of motor vehicles
  doing business in this state in order to prevent frauds, impositions and
  other  abuses  upon  its  citizens  and  to  protect  and  preserve  the
  investments and properties of the citizens of this state.