N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 105-a

§ 105-a. Car carrier. A truck that is designed to carry one to three\nmotor vehicles on a flat platform that slides or tilts to the ground to\nfacilitate loading and unloading of such motor vehicles and to tow an\nadditional motor vehicle behind it by the use of a wheel lift. For the\npurposes of this chapter, whenever such car carrier tows or carries a\ndisabled, illegally parked or abandoned motor vehicle or a motor vehicle\ninvolved in an accident, such car carrier shall be deemed to be a tow\ntruck and shall comply with all provisions of this chapter, and any\nother law, ordinance, order, rule and regulation, applicable to tow\ntrucks.\n