N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 Law § 81
(a) Any agency of the United States engaged in or concerned with the defense effort, (b) any agency of the state, (c) the chief executive officer or the governing body of any political subdivision of the state or (d) an individual, partnership, association or corporation using or preparing to use real property in connection with the operation of a public utility, an airport, a dock, or a wharf, or the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of explosives, firearms, inflammable liquids, gas, oil, coal, electricity, water or any product to be used in the defense effort by this state, of any state of the United States, or a political subdivision, by the United States or any associated power thereof, may petition the commissioner for an order to close or to direct the appropriate official or body to close to public use and travel and to restrict public use and travel upon, any highway or part thereof or to post property, on which such use and travel or entrance by the general public is deemed dangerous to the public safety and security or to the defense effort, or to the safety of property of the petitioner.
N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 Law § 81