N.Y. Public Health Law § 1105: Sewage removal or purification; rights of property owners

§ 1105. Sewage removal or purification; rights of property owners. 1.

The owner of any building the removal of which is occasioned or

required, or which has been removed by any rule or regulation of the

department, or the commissioner of environmental protection of the city

of New York, or the board of water supply of the city of New York, made

under the provisions of this article, and all persons whose rights of

property are injuriously affected by the enforcement of any such rule or

regulation, shall have a cause of action against the municipality or

corporation, and shall have the right to present a claim against and to

the state or state institution, park, reservation or post owning the

waterworks benefited by the enforcement of such rule or regulation, for

all damages occasioned or sustained by such removal or enforcement,

including all injuries caused to the legitimate use or operation of such

property.

2. (a) An action for such damages may be brought against such

municipality or corporation in accordance with the provisions of the

eminent domain procedure law.