N.Y. Public Health Law § 13: Enforcement: against officers

§ 13. Enforcement: against officers. The performance of any duty or

the doing of any act enjoined, prescribed or required by this chapter,

may be enforced by a proceeding pursuant to article seventy-eight of the

civil practice law and rules at the instance of the department or of a

local board of health, or of any citizen of full age resident of the

municipality where the duty should be performed or the act done.