2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 17 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Title 11 - (17-1101 - 17-1107) SCOPE AND CONSTRUCTION; OTHER REMEDIES
17-1101 - Existing rights and remedies preserved.

§ 17-1101. Existing rights and remedies preserved.
    It  is  the purpose of titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and title 19 of this
  article to provide additional  and  cumulative  remedies  to  abate  the
  pollution  of the waters of the state and nothing herein contained shall
  abridge or alter rights of action or remedies now or hereafter existing,
  nor shall any such  provisions  or  any  act  done  by  virtue  of  such
  provisions,   be   construed   as   estopping   the  state,  persons  or
  municipalities, as riparian owners or  otherwise,  in  the  exercise  of
  their  rights  to  suppress  nuisances  or to abate any pollution now or
  hereafter existing.