N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 10 § 2.53
Adequate cleansing, renovation or disinfection of rooms, furniture, clothing and belongings when deemed necessary by the health officer or required by the Public Health Law or by this Chapter shall immediately follow release, death or removal of a person affected with a communicable disease. Such cleansing, renovation or disinfection shall be done under the direction of the health officer. Furniture, bedding, clothing, carpets, rugs or other articles which may have been contaminated with infective material and which are of such nature or in such condition that they cannot, in the opinion of the health officer, be properly cleansed or disinfected, shall upon his order be destroyed in the manner designated by him.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 2.53