N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 35

§ 35. Municipal regulations. This article shall not affect the\napplication of any ordinance, by-law or regulation of a municipal\ncorporation relating to hawkers and peddlers within the limits of such\ncorporations, but the provisions of this article are to be complied with\nin addition to the requirements of any such ordinance, by-law or\nregulation; provided, however, that no such by-law, ordinance or\nregulation shall prevent or in any manner interfere with the hawking or\npeddling, without the use of any but a hand driven vehicle, in any\nstreet, avenue, alley, lane or park of a municipal corporation, by any\nhonorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States who\n(1) was honorably discharged from such service, or (2) has a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section\none of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other\nthan bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who is\nphysically disabled as a result of injuries received while in the\nservice of said armed forces and the holder of a license granted\npursuant to section thirty-two of this article.\n