2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 7 - RULES OF THE ROAD
Article 29 - (1170 - 1176) SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
1175 - Obstructing traffic at intersection.

 
    § 1175. Obstructing traffic at intersection. When vehicular traffic is
  stopped on the opposite side of an intersection, no person shall drive a
  vehicle  into  such intersection, except when making a turn unless there
  is  adequate  space  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  intersection   to
  accommodate  the vehicle he is driving notwithstanding the indication of
  a traffic control signal which would permit him to proceed.