N.Y. Indian Law § 12-a: Indian cemetery or burial grounds

§ 12-a. Indian cemetery or burial grounds. The office of parks and

recreation shall have the power to designate any Indian cemetery or

burial ground as a place of historic interest pursuant to subdivision

one of section 3.09 of the parks and recreation law provided, however,

that such cemetery or burial ground is not located upon any Indian

reservation located wholly or partly within the state. No person shall

destroy, alter, convert, or in any way impair any such cemetery or

burial ground which has been so designated as a place of historic

interest or any artifact or other object thereon which is or may be of

relevance to the historic interest thereof without the prior express

written permission of the office of parks and recreation.

The attorney general, at the request of the office of parks and

recreation, is hereby authorized to institute an action in supreme court

in the judicial district wherein such cemetery or burial ground is

located to enjoin violations or threatened violations of this section.