2006 New York Code - Prevention Of Disturbances Of Street Surface.

 
    §  19-146 Prevention of disturbances of street surface. a. It shall be
  unlawful for any person, without being previously authorized by a permit
  of the commissioner:
    1. To fill in or raise, or cause to be filled in or raised, any street
  or any part thereof;
    2. To take up, remove, or carry away, or cause to be taken up, removed
  or carried away, any asphalt or asphalt  blocks,  concrete,  flagstones,
  turf,  stone,  gravel,  sand,  clay  or  earth  from  any street or part
  thereof.
    b. If any person shall violate this section,  the  commissioner  shall
  take  immediate steps to prevent such disturbances of the surface of the
  street, and shall forthwith restore such flagging or pavement, as nearly
  as may be practicable, to the condition in  which  it  was  before  such
  taking  or removal, at the expense of the party removing the same, to be
  recovered as penalties are recovered.