N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-1101: Existing rights and remedies preserved

§ 17-1101. Existing rights and remedies preserved.

It is the purpose of titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and title 19 of this

article to provide additional and cumulative remedies to abate the

pollution of the waters of the state and nothing herein contained shall

abridge or alter rights of action or remedies now or hereafter existing,

nor shall any such provisions or any act done by virtue of such

provisions, be construed as estopping the state, persons or

municipalities, as riparian owners or otherwise, in the exercise of

their rights to suppress nuisances or to abate any pollution now or

hereafter existing.