N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 87: Construction through villages and cities

§ 87. Construction through villages and cities. No pipe line shall be

constructed into or through any incorporated village or city in this

state, unless authorized by a resolution prescribing the route, manner

of construction and terms upon which granted, adopted at a regular

meeting of the board of trustees of the village or the legislative body

of the city by a two-thirds vote thereof, but such resolution shall not

affect any private right. No pavement shall be removed in any city under

the provisions of this article, except as directed by the legislative

body, nor until the corporation seeking to remove the same shall give a

bond in such sum as the legislative body may require for relaying of any

pavements removed. In case any pavement shall have been removed and not

properly relaid, the city may sue such corporation, for the cost of

relaying such pavement.