2015 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 11 - REGISTRATION OF SNOWMOBILES, MOTORBOATS AND LIMITED USE VEHICLES
Article 48-C - (2400 - 2413) RULES FOR OPERATION OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES
2410 - Operation by minors.

 2410. Operation  by minors. 1. Except as provided by subdivision two
  of this section, no person under the age of sixteen years shall  operate
  an  ATV  except  upon  lands  owned or leased by his parent or guardian,
  unless he is under general supervision of a person eighteen years of age
  or over or a person sixteen years of age or over who holds an ATV safety
  certificate. "Leased lands" as  herein  used  shall  not  include  lands
  leased  by  an  organization  of  which  said  operator or his parent or
  guardian is a member.
2. A person ten years of age but less than sixteen years  of  age  who
  has  received  safety training as prescribed by the commissioner and has
  received  the  appropriate  ATV  safety  certificate   issued   by   the
  commissioner  may  operate  an ATV in the same manner as a person who is
  sixteen years of age or older.
3. The failure of a person to exhibit an ATV safety  certificate  upon
  demand  to  any  magistrate  or  any  other  officer having authority to
  enforce the provisions of this article shall  not  be  an  offense,  but
  shall be presumptive evidence that such person is not the holder of such
  certificate.
4. No parent or guardian shall authorize or knowingly permit his child
  or  ward,  if under sixteen years of age, to operate an ATV in violation
  of any provision of this article, any rules or  regulations  promulgated
  thereunder, or the provisions of any local law or ordinance.
5.  No  owner or other person in possession of any ATV shall authorize
  or knowingly permit any person under sixteen years  of  age  to  operate
  such  an ATV in violation of any provision of this article, any rules or
  regulations promulgated thereunder, or the provisions of any  local  law
  or ordinance.