N.Y. Town Law § 32-a: Entry by town engineer on private lands

§ 32-a. Entry by town engineer on private lands. The town engineer and

any deputy, assistant or employee of the town engineer's office

designated by him may enter upon any lands, waters or waterways, public

or private, within the town, without hindrance, for the purpose of

making surveys, examinations or investigations, including the making of

test pits and test borings, necessary or convenient in the exercise of

performance of any of the other powers or duties conferred or imposed on

the town engineer, provided that any test pits or borings made hereunder

shall be refilled and the real property so disturbed shall be restored

to its previous condition.