N.Y. County Law § 280: Declaration of policy and purposes

§ 280. Declaration of policy and purposes. Whereas beach erosion along

the shoreline of this state and especially along the shoreline in the

county of Suffolk causes loss of life and damage to property and

constitutes a menace to the health, safety and welfare of the people of

this state in general and the residents of Suffolk in particular, it is

the sense of the legislature that in order to arrest erosion and

alleviate or prevent damage resulting therefrom and as protection from

storms, the governing body of the county of Suffolk is hereby authorized

to establish or extend county hurricane protection, flood and shoreline

erosion control districts in the manner hereinafter provided for the

purpose of constructing and reconstructing dunes, bluffs, bulkheads,

dikes, groins, jetties, fills and other works and improvements upon

lands and lands under water owned by such county, or any town, village,

park, or existing hurricane protection, flood and shoreline erosion

control district or private lands upon which the county has obtained

easements or a fee title. No county district shall be established

hereunder which shall consist wholly of territory within one town or

village.