N.Y. VAT. LAW § 1117 : NY Code - Section 1117: Traffic-control signals; malfunction

Search N.Y. VAT. LAW § 1117 : NY Code - Section 1117: Traffic-control signals; malfunction

Except when directed to
  proceed  by  a  police  officer,  every  operator  of  a  motor  vehicle
  approaching  an  intersection governed by a traffic-control signal which
  is out of service or otherwise malfunctioning shall stop in  the  manner
  required  for stop signs set forth in section eleven hundred seventy-two
  of this title, and proceed according to the rules of right  of  way  for
  vehicles set forth in article twenty-six of this title.