Troy, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 176 § 176-6

A. The Director of Code Enforcement and/or his/her designee shall make or cause inspections to be made to determine the conditions of dwellings, multifamily dwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses, rooming units, and premises in order to safeguard the safety, health, and welfare of the public under the provisions of this chapter. The Director and/or his/her designee shall be given access to the dwellings, multifamily dwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses, rooming units, and premises at any resonable time for the purpose of performing duties under this chapter. The owner, operator, or occupant of every dwelling, multifamily dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit, or the person in charge thereof, shall give the Director of Code Enforcement and/or his/her authorized representative free access thereto and all parts thereof and to the premises on which it is located, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of such inspection, examination and survey. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse entrance to or to impede an inspector or officer authorized under this chapter in the performance of his/her duties and every such inspector or officer shall have the right to enter, examine and survey all premises, grounds, structures, dwellings, multifamily dwellings or rooming houses and every part thereof at all reasonable times upon display of proper identification. C. If any owner, occupant, or other person in charge of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, or a multifamily dwelling or rooming house subject to the provisions of this chapter refuses, impedes, inhibits, interferes with, restricts, or obstructs entry and free access to every part of the structure or premises where inspection authorized by this chapter is sought, the administrative authority may seek, in a court of competent jurisdiction, an order that such owner, occupant or other person in charge cease and desist with such interference.