N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1305

§ 1305. Nuisances; abatement by local boards of health. 1. The\nowners, agents and occupants of any premises shall permit sanitary\nexaminations and inspections to be made pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article.\n 2. If the owner or occupant of any premises whereon any nuisance or\ncondition deemed to be detrimental to the public health exists or the\ncause of the existence elsewhere, fails to comply with any order or\nregulation of any local board or health officer having the power of a\nlocal board of health for the suppression and removal of any such\nnuisance or other matter, in the judgment of the board or health officer\ndetrimental to the public health, made, served or posted as required in\nthis article, such board or its agents or employees may enter upon the\npremises to which such order or regulation relates, and suppress or\nremove such nuisance or other matter.\n