N.Y. CNT Law § 844

§ 844. Hurricane or storm damage in Suffolk county. The board of\nsupervisors of the county of Suffolk may provide for the improvement or\nreconstruction of beaches or shore front within the county, to repair\ndamage caused by hurricane or storm, and to provide suitable protection\nto prevent future damage to lands or property by the ocean or other\nwaters, including the filling in and grading necessary for such purpose,\nand including dredging material from inland waterways and moving earth\nmaterial on the beaches to fill and close new inlets heretofore or\nhereafter formed in such beaches by a hurricane or storm; purchasing,\nfilling and placing sand bags, opening up old road beds or constructing\nnew traveling surfaces on the sand to permit traffic along the beaches;\ntransporting workmen, materials and equipment, dredging material to\nconstruct new dunes on the beaches by embankment alone, purchasing of\nmaterial and rental of equipment to construct roadways over new fills or\nalong the beaches; to aid in transportation of materials and equipment;\npurchasing or renting equipment for clearing debris from navigable\nwaters; constructing dikes, bulkheads, jetties and groins or other\nsimilar devices on the beaches and supplying the necessary equipment,\nmaterials and labor therefor; constructing barriers filled with brush,\nwire, snow fence or any other suitable material, extending along the\nshore, with jetties of the same or similar materials extending\noffshoreward and supplying the necessary labor, equipment and materials\nnecessary therefor; any and all engineering and supervision in\nconnection with the carrying out of all work covered herein; clearing\nout roadways to expedite traffic, and may acquire real property or an\ninterest therein for such purpose by purchase, dedication, gift, devise\nor bequest or by condemnation in the manner provided by law for\nacquisition of real property for highway or county road purposes.\n