N.Y. County Law § 844: Hurricane or storm damage in Suffolk county

§ 844. Hurricane or storm damage in Suffolk county. The board of

supervisors of the county of Suffolk may provide for the improvement or

reconstruction of beaches or shore front within the county, to repair

damage caused by hurricane or storm, and to provide suitable protection

to prevent future damage to lands or property by the ocean or other

waters, including the filling in and grading necessary for such purpose,

and including dredging material from inland waterways and moving earth

material on the beaches to fill and close new inlets heretofore or

hereafter formed in such beaches by a hurricane or storm; purchasing,

filling and placing sand bags, opening up old road beds or constructing

new traveling surfaces on the sand to permit traffic along the beaches;

transporting workmen, materials and equipment, dredging material to

construct new dunes on the beaches by embankment alone, purchasing of

material and rental of equipment to construct roadways over new fills or

along the beaches; to aid in transportation of materials and equipment;

purchasing or renting equipment for clearing debris from navigable

waters; constructing dikes, bulkheads, jetties and groins or other

similar devices on the beaches and supplying the necessary equipment,

materials and labor therefor; constructing barriers filled with brush,

wire, snow fence or any other suitable material, extending along the

shore, with jetties of the same or similar materials extending

offshoreward and supplying the necessary labor, equipment and materials

necessary therefor; any and all engineering and supervision in

connection with the carrying out of all work covered herein; clearing

out roadways to expedite traffic, and may acquire real property or an

interest therein for such purpose by purchase, dedication, gift, devise

or bequest or by condemnation in the manner provided by law for

acquisition of real property for highway or county road purposes.