N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 92: Repair of sidewalks; removal of snow and ice

§ 92. Repair of sidewalks; removal of snow and ice. The commissioner

of public works shall have full power and authority to require the owner

of property abutting upon a street to repair any sidewalk in front

thereof or bring the same to true grade, and to remove the snow and ice

therefrom. Where the owner of such property shall fail or neglect to

repair any sidewalk or bring the same to true grade for five days after

written notice so to do has been served on him, either personally or by

delivering the same at his residence, or if he be a non-resident by

mailing the same to him at his last known place of residence, or if the

name of the owner or his place of residence can not be ascertained after

due diligence, by posting the same in a conspicuous place upon the

premises; or where the owner of any such premises shall fail or neglect

to remove snow and ice from any such sidewalk after the same has

remained thereon for more than twelve hours, and the commissioner shall

have repaired such sidewalk or brought the same to grade or removed the

ice or snow therefrom, a bill for the expenses incurred thereby shall be

presented to the owner personally or by leaving the same at his

residence or, if he be a non-resident, by mailing the same to him at his

last known place of residence, or, if the name of such owner or his

place of residence can not be ascertained after due diligence, by

posting the same in a conspicuous place on the premises; and, if he

shall fail to pay the same within ten days thereafter, the commissioner

shall file each year immediately preceding the time for making the

annual assessment-roll his certificate of the actual cost of the work,

together with a statement as to the property in front of which the

repairing or grading or cleaning was done, with the assessors of the

city, who shall, in the preparation of the next assessment-roll of

general city taxes, assess such amount upon such property, and the same

shall be levied, corrected, enforced and collected in the same manner,

by the same proceedings, at the same time, under the same penalties and

having the same lien upon the property assessed as the general city tax

and as a part thereof.