N.Y. High. Law § 329

§ 329. Land monuments and markers; duty of highway superintendents and\ncommissioner of transportation in regard thereto. If, upon the\nconstruction, reconstruction or improvement of a state highway, county\nroad or town highway, including widening and straightening, any land\nboundary markers or monuments are removed, destroyed or concealed, new\nmarkers, or monuments, which may be of a different type and material,\nshall be placed in their place and stead by the officer in charge of\nsuch highway project, whether it be the commissioner of transportation,\nthe county superintendent of highways or the town superintendent of\nhighways. Such new markers or monuments shall be so marked as to\nidentify therefrom the markers or monuments whose place and stead they\ntake. Moneys appropriated for the maintenance of state highways, county\nroads and town highways shall be available for any of the work and\nexpenses authorized by this section.\n