N.Y. VIL Law § 11-1112

§ 11-1112 Connections with mains. 1. Supply pipes, connecting with\nmains and used by private owners or occupants, shall be laid and kept in\nrepair at their expense, as in this section or in other sections of this\nact provided. Such pipes can only be connected with the mains by the\npermission and under the direction of the board of water commissioners\nand in accordance with their rules and regulations. A member of the\nboard or its authorized agents may at any time enter a building or upon\nthe premises where there is a supply pipe or pipes, and make necessary\nexaminations or repairs.\n 2. The board of water commissioners may cause a notice to be published\nin the official newspaper of the village, requiring the owners or\noccupants of any and all property fronting or abutting on any street or\nportion thereof in or upon which any public water main or distributing\npipe is about to be laid or is being laid or has been laid by the said\nboard to make and lay connection pipes to and from the water mains or\ndistributing pipes in said street or any portion thereof in front of\neach separate piece of property or to repair such connection pipes to\nand from the water mains or distributing pipes in said street or any\nportion thereof in front of or upon each separate piece of property and\nwhere directed by said board, within such time and in such manner and\nunder such inspection as said board shall prescribe, and whenever any\nsuch owner or occupant shall have made default in making such\nconnections with said water mains or distributing pipes opposite the\nlands and premises owned or occupied by him or whenever such owner or\noccupant shall have made default in repairing supply pipes connecting\nwith mains opposite or upon the land and premises owned or occupied by\nhim as directed in and required by said printed notice therefor in the\nmanner and within the time specified, the said board shall have power\nand authority to so make, extend and complete the same and the actual\nexpense thereof, including all labor done and materials used in doing\nand completing the same, shall be assessed by the trustees of the\nvillage upon each separate piece of property opposite or upon which the\nsame shall be done and completed and shall be a lien and liens on said\npremises and lots of land respectively, and the same shall be collected\nin the same manner as other local assessments or assessments for local\nimprovements as provided by the special charter of the village or the\ngeneral village laws of the state as the case may be, and when so\ncollected the amount thereof shall be paid into the water fund of the\nvillage. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the\nfinancing, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law, of\nany expense incurred by the village pursuant to this section.\n 3. If the notice published by the board of water commissioners,\npursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of this section, contains\na statement that the failure to comply with such notice shall cause the\nboard of water commissioners to discontinue the water supply to the\nproperty concerned, the board of water commissioners may, after mailing\na copy of the notice to the owner of the property at his last known\naddress, discontinue the water supply within thirty days after the time\nfor making the repairs which was set forth in the notice that had\nelapsed.\n