N.Y. Transp. Law § 134

§ 134. Duties of commissioner as to interstate traffic. The\ncommissioner may investigate interstate freight or passenger rates or\ninterstate freight or passenger service on railroads within the state,\nand when such rates are, in the opinion of the commissioner, excessive\nor discriminatory or are levied or laid in violation of the act of\ncongress entitled "An act to regulate commerce," approved February\nfourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the acts amendatory\nthereof and supplementary thereto, or in conflict with the rulings,\norders or regulations of the United States department of transportation,\nthe commissioner may apply by petition to the United States department\nof transportation for relief or may present to the United States\ndepartment of transportation all facts coming to his knowledge, as to\nviolations of the rulings, orders, or regulations of that commission or\nas to violations of the said act to regulate commerce or acts amendatory\nthereof or supplementary thereto.\n