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2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 6 - Pilots and Pilotage Fees, Port of New York › 95 - Regulation of Pilots and Persons Employing Them.

§ 95. Regulation of pilots and persons employing them. 1. The board of
  commissioners may alter or amend any existing regulation for pilots, and
  make,  duly  promulgate  and  enforce  new  rules  or  regulations,  not
  inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States,  which
  shall  be  binding  and  effective  upon  all pilots licensed under this
  article, and upon all parties employing such pilots.  The  commissioners
  may  also  regulate  the  stationing  of  pilot boats for the purpose of
  putting pilots aboard and taking of them off vessels bound to  and  from
  the  port  of New York and may designate the areas in which such vessels
  shall be boarded and left by such pilots. Such commissioners may declare
  and enforce forfeitures of pilotage upon any mismanagement or neglect of
  duty by the pilots licensed by them. Such  commissioners,  in  order  to
  prevent  any  of  the pilots licensed by them from combining injuriously
  with each other, or with  other  persons,  and  to  prevent  any  person
  licensed  by them from acting as a pilot during his suspension, or after
  his license has been revoked, may declare, impose and collect fines  and
  penalties not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars for each such offense.
  The commissioners may also establish and enforce all other needful rules
  and  regulations for the conduct of the pilots licensed by them, and the
  parties employing them.  Such  commissioners  may  enforce  and  receive
  accounts  of all moneys collected for pilotage by the pilots licensed by
  them and may impose and collect from such pilots  a  sum  not  exceeding
  three  per  centum  on  the  amount  thereof  to  defray their necessary
  expenses, including clerk hire and office rent.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 6 - Pilots and Pilotage Fees, Port of New York › 98 - Application of Article.

§ 98. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall not
  apply  to  vessels  navigating under a coastwise license and employed in
  the coasting trade. If, however, any such vessel shall  employ  a  pilot
  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this  article, such pilot shall be
  entitled to receive as compensation for his services pilotage fees in an
  amount not to exceed the rates established by this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 7 - Motor Boat Regulation on the St. Lawrence River › 100 - Definitions.

§ 100. Definitions.  Within  the provisions of this article, the words
  "motor boat"  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  and  include  a  mechanically
  propelled  pleasure  vessel  having  a source of power other than steam.
  The words include a craft,  temporarily  or  permanently  equipped  with
  detachable motors, commonly known as an "outboard" motor boat.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 7 - Motor Boat Regulation on the St. Lawrence River › 101 - Motor Boat Regulation Zone.

§ 101. Motor  boat  regulation  zone.  As  soon  as  practicable,  the
  commissioner shall place on the mainland at some convenient point at  or
  near  the  water's  edge at Fishers Landing, Jefferson county, New York,
  and not more than one mile westerly  thereof,  a  signboard  facing  the
  water  and  bearing thereon in large characters the words "St.  Lawrence
  river boat regulation zone, west limit." He shall in like manner place a
  similar signboard at some convenient place at or near the  water's  edge
  and  facing  the  water  on  the mainland easterly of Alexandria Bay and
  within one mile easterly thereof and southeasterly of the United  States
  government  lighthouse in the waters of said river, known as Sunken Rock
  Light, except that the words "east limit" shall appear in the  place  of
  "west  limit".  If necessary, he may acquire for the state, by agreement
  with the owners of the lands affected, easements for such purposes. That
  portion of the waters of the  Saint  Lawrence  river  northerly  of  the
  mainland of Jefferson county and southerly of the international boundary
  line  between  the United States and Canada and easterly of a line drawn
  northwesterly from  the  marker  hereinbefore  referred  to  at  Fishers
  Landing  and  westerly  of  a  line  drawn  from the marker hereinbefore
  referred to easterly of Alexandria Bay, and running in  a  northwesterly
  direction  through  the said Sunken Rock Light, shall constitute a motor
  boat regulation zone for the purpose  of  this  article.    The  expense
  attached  to  the  performance  of the foregoing duties shall be payable
  from moneys that may be available therefor  by  appropriation  and  from
  moneys,  if  any,  contributed by persons interested. Such zone shall be
  deemed established and the rules prescribed by  this  article  shall  be
  applicable  when such poles or markers and signs shall be installed, and
  not before.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 7 - Motor Boat Regulation on the St. Lawrence River › 102 - Rules Governing the Operation of Motor Boats.

§ 102. Rules  governing  the  operation  of motor boats. The following
  rules for the operation of motor  boats  within  such  zone  are  hereby
  established:  1. No motor boat shall be operated within a harbor line at
  a speed exceeding five miles per hour. The waters of the Saint  Lawrence
  river  lying southerly of Wells Island and northwesterly of a line drawn
  from the easterly tip of Wells Island beginning at a point known as "The
  Chalet" and easterly and southerly of Saint Elmo Island  and  continuing
  southerly  of  Dewey  Island,  Nobby  Island,  and,  terminating  at the
  steamship dock, southerly of a point known as "Hope Well Hall"; and  the
  waters  of  the  Saint Lawrence river lying northerly of the mainland of
  the town of Alexandria, Jefferson county, New York, and southerly  of  a
  line  drawn  from  the  point of land beginning on the mainland known as
  Bonne Castle and northerly of Squaw Island to the southwesterly part  of
  Cuba  Island, shall constitute harbors for all the purposes mentioned in
  this article.
2. Every person operating a motor boat shall at all times operate  the
  same  in a careful and prudent manner and at such a rate of speed as not
  to endanger the property of another or the life or limb of any person.
3. No motor boat shall be operated  in  a  reckless  manner.  Reckless
  operation  shall  include  operating  a  motor  boat  in  a manner which
  unnecessarily interferes with the free and proper use of the  waters  of
  said  river, or unnecessarily endangers other craft therein, or the life
  or limb of any person.
4. No motor boat shall be operated during  the  period  from  one-half
  hour  after  sunset  to  one-half hour before sunrise at a greater speed
  than fifteen miles per hour. No motor boat shall be operated during  the
  period  from  one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset
  at a greater speed than thirty miles per hour.  The provisions  of  this
  section  shall not apply to any motor boat while actually competing in a
  race held under  the  auspices  of  a  racing  association,  chamber  of
  commerce or duly incorporated yacht club.
The  provisions  of  this  section  are  intended  to supplement other
  provisions of  this  chapter  and  applicable  regulations.    The  more
  restrictive  provision  should  be  applied if more than one law or rule
  could be applied to a given situation.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 7 - Motor Boat Regulation on the St. Lawrence River › 103 - Violations.

§ 103. Violations.   (a)(1)   Any  person  who  violates  any  of  the
provisions of section one hundred two of this article or any local  law,
ordinance,  order,  rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article,
shall be guilty of a violation unless such conduct is declared to  be  a
misdemeanor  or  a  felony  pursuant to this chapter or any other law of
this state.
(2) Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions  of
this  article  or  of  any  ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted
pursuant to this article for which another penalty is not provided shall
for a first conviction thereof be punished by a fine of  not  less  than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not
more  than  seven  days  or  by  both  such fine and imprisonment; for a
conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within  a
period of twenty-four months, such person shall be punished by a fine of
not  less than one hundred nor more than two hundred fifty dollars or by
imprisonment of not more than fifteen days or  by  both  such  fine  and
imprisonment; upon a conviction for a third or subsequent violation, all
of  which  were  committed  within  a period of twenty-four months, such
person shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred  dollars
nor  more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) The court shall suspend a person's privilege to  operate  and  may
suspend a vessel registration:
(1) for a period of six months where a person is convicted of reckless
operation  of  a  vessel  pursuant  to  any applicable provision of this
article after having been convicted  of  any  such  offense  within  the
preceding eighteen months;
(2)  for  a period of six months upon a third or subsequent conviction
for any violation of any law, ordinance or regulation limiting the speed
of a vessel or any provision constituting a misdemeanor by this  article
except  for  the  commission of a third or subsequent misdemeanor as set
forth in paragraph three of this subdivision;
(3) for a period of twelve months  where  a  person  is  convicted  of
reckless  operation  of a vessel pursuant to any applicable provision of
this article after having been  twice  convicted  of  any  such  offense
within the preceding eighteen months.
(c) When a person is convicted pursuant to this article and is subject
to  a  suspension  pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  the court shall, in
addition to any other penalties invoked under this article, require  the
convicted  person, as a condition of the sentence, to complete a boating
safety course of the state,  U.S.  Power  Squadrons,  U.S.  Coast  Guard
Auxiliary,  or  a  powerboating  course or courses offered by the United
States sailing association which are approved by  the  commissioner  and
show  proof  of successful completion of such course to the court or its
designee.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 7 - Motor Boat Regulation on the St. Lawrence River › 104 - Defacing or Removing Serial Numbers or Identification Marks on Outboard Motors.

§ 104. Defacing  or removing serial numbers or identification marks on
  outboard motors. Any person who: 1. Wilfully, removes, defaces,  covers,
  alters  or  destroys  the  manufacturer's  serial  number  or  any other
  distinguishing number or identification mark on any outboard motor, or
2. Knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals or knowingly
  has in his possession any outboard motor, from which the  manufacturer's
  serial  number  or  any other distinguishing mark or identification mark
  has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed for the purpose
  of concealment or misrepresenting the  identity  of  the  said  outboard
  motor is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 8 - Ferries › 110 - Licenses.

§ 110. Licenses.  The  local  governing body of each county or city in
  this state may grant licenses for keeping ferries  in  their  respective
  counties  and  cities, to such persons as the respective local governing
  body may deem proper, for a term not exceeding five  years.  No  license
  shall  be  granted to a person, other than the owner of the land through
  which that part of the highway adjoining the ferry shall run, unless the
  owner is not a suitable person or shall neglect  to  apply  after  being
  served  with eight days' written notice from such person of the time and
  place at which he will apply for such license, or having  obtained  such
  license,  shall  neglect to comply with the conditions of the license or
  maintain the ferry.   Every license shall be  entered  in  the  book  of
  minutes  of  the  appropriate  local  governing body by the clerk; and a
  certified copy thereof shall be delivered to the person  licensed.  When
  the waters over which any ferry may be used shall divide two counties or
  cities,  or  a  county  and  city,  a  license obtained in either of the
  counties or cities shall be sufficient to  authorize  transportation  of
  persons,  goods,  wares and merchandise, to and from either side of such
  waters.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 8 - Ferries › 111 - Undertaking.

§ 111. Undertaking.    Every  person  applying for such license shall,
  before the same is granted, execute and file with the clerk of the local
  governing body of a county or city his  undertaking  with  one  or  more
  sureties,  approved  by such local governing body, to the effect that he
  will attend  such  ferry  with  sufficient  and  safe  boats  and  other
  implements,  and  so many persons to work the same as shall be necessary
  during the several hours in each day, and at such rates  as  such  local
  governing body shall direct.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 8 - Ferries › 112 - Appendages for Rope Ferries.

§ 112. Appendages  for  rope  ferries.  Any  person licensed to keep a
  ferry may, with the written consent of the town  superintendent  of  the
  town  where  such  ferry may be, erect and maintain within the limits of
  the highway, at such point as shall be designated  in  such  consent,  a
  post  or  posts,  with  all  necessary  braces and appendages for a rope
  ferry.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 8 - Ferries › 113 - When Schedules to Be Posted.

§ 113. When  schedules  to be posted. Every person licensed to operate
  or control any ferry in this state, or between this state and any  other
  state,  operating  from  or  to  a city of fifty thousand inhabitants or
  over, shall post in a conspicuous and accessible  position  outside  and
  adjacent to each entrance to such ferry, and in at least four accessible
  places,  in  plain view of the passengers upon each of the boats used on
  such ferry, a schedule plainly printed in the English  language  of  the
  rates  of  ferriage charges thereon, and authorized by law to be charges
  thereon, and authorized by law to be  charged  for  ferriage  over  such
  ferry.  If  any  such person shall fail to comply with the provisions of
  this section, or shall post a false schedule, he shall forfeit  the  sum
  of fifty dollars for each day's neglect or refusal to post such schedule
  or  any of them, to be recovered by any person who shall sue therefor in
  any court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 8 - Ferries › 114 - Ferries.

§ 114. Ferries. A person who:
1. Maintains a ferry for profit or hire upon any of the waters of this
  state without authority of law; or
2.  Having  entered  into  a recognizance to keep or maintain a ferry,
  violates the condition of such recognizance,
Is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Where such ferry is upon waters dividing two  counties,  the  offender
  may be prosecuted in either county.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 8 - Ferries › 115 - Ferries and Ferry Terminal.

§ 115. Ferries  and  ferry  terminal.  In  the event that a village is
  disconnected geographically by water from the mainland of the state  and
  which  is not connected by any bridge or viaduct wholly or partly within
  its corporate limits with such mainland, the  board  of  trustees  of  a
  village  may  acquire,  by purchase, lease, charter, new construction or
  otherwise, and  provide,  maintain  and  operate  a  ferry  or  ferries,
  together  with  the  necessary  boats  and  terminals  therefor, for the
  transportation of passengers, express matter and  freight  between  said
  village and the adjacent mainland of the state, during the whole or such
  portion  or portions of the year, and may charge such rates therefor, as
  it may deem advisable, and each such village shall  have  the  right  to
  spend money for said purposes or any of them. Before operating any ferry
  or ferries, the village shall obtain such license or permission from the
  branch  or  branches of the United States government having jurisdiction
  over the navigable waters in which such ferry or ferries shall  operate,
  as may be necessary or required, but notwithstanding any other provision
  of law, it shall not be necessary for any such village to obtain license
  or  other permission for the operation of such ferry or ferries from any
  other body politic or court of the state of New York. For the purpose of
  this subdivision the mainland of Long Island shall be considered part of
  the mainland of the state of New York.
The provisions of this section shall  be  controlling  notwithstanding
  any contrary provisions of law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 8 - Ferries › 115-A - Ferry Service.

§ 115-a. Ferry  service.  A  village  which  owns  property  which  is
  disconnected geographically by water  from  the  mainland  area  of  the
  village  and  the  mainland  of  the  state,  which such property is not
  connected by any bridge or viaduct with such mainland area, may acquire,
  by purchase, lease, charter, new construction or otherwise, and provide,
  maintain and operate a ferry or ferries,  together  with  the  necessary
  boats  and  terminals therefor, or may provide ferry service by contract
  upon such terms and conditions as prescribed by the village  board,  for
  the transporation of passengers, express matter and freight between such
  property  and  such  mainland  area, during the whole or such portion or
  portions of the year, and may charge or agree to such rates therefor, as
  it may deem advisable, and each such village shall  have  the  right  to
  spend money for such purposes or any of them. Before operating any ferry
  or ferries, the village shall obtain such license or permission from the
  branch  or  branches of the United States government having jurisdiction
  over the navigable waters in which such ferry or ferries shall  operate,
  as may be necessary or required, but notwithstanding any other provision
  of law, it shall not be necessary for any such village to obtain license
  or  other permission for the operation of such ferry or ferries from any
  other body politic or court of the state of New York. For the purpose of
  this subdivision the mainland of Long Island shall be considered part of
  the mainland of the state of New York.
The provisions of this section shall  be  controlling  notwithstanding
  any contrary provisions of law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 9 - Rivers and Streams as Public Highways › 120 - Dams and Bridges.

§ 120. Dams  and  bridges.  No  dam  shall  be erected on any river or
  stream in this state, recognized by law or use as a public  highway  for
  the  purpose  of floating and running lumber, logs or other timber, over
  or upon the same, unless there be built in such dam an apron,  at  least
  fifteen  feet  in  width,  in the middle of the current of such river or
  stream, of a proper slope for the safe passage of lumber, logs and other
  timber. No bridge shall be built over any such river or stream in such a
  manner as to obstruct or prevent the free and uninterrupted  passage  of
  lumber, logs and other timber down and along such river or stream.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 9 - Rivers and Streams as Public Highways › 121 - Booms and Other Obstructions to Be Opened on Notice; Penalty for Failure.

§ 121. Booms  and  other  obstructions to be opened on notice; penalty
  for failure. Every person who shall build any boom or other  obstruction
  in  the  waters  of  any river or stream, for the purpose of stopping or
  securing lumber, logs or other timber shall within ten  days  after  the
  receipt  of a written notice from any person who shall have lumber, logs
  or other timber to transport on such river or stream, open such boom  or
  remove  such  obstruction  or part thereof so as to permit the assorting
  and passage of such lumber, logs and other timber through and down  such
  river  or  stream.  Every  person  who  wilfully  obstructs, by booms or
  otherwise, the channel of any river or stream so as to hinder  or  delay
  the  free  passage  of  lumber, logs or timber over or through the same,
  shall be liable to a penalty of  fifty  dollars  for  each  day  of  the
  continuance of such obstruction, to be recovered by the person aggrieved
  thereby,  and  in  addition  to  such  penalty,  shall be liable for all
  damages caused by such obstruction.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 9 - Rivers and Streams as Public Highways › 122 - Acquisition for Public Use.

§ 122. Acquisition  for public use. Any person desiring to use a river
  or stream in this state, which is or shall be recognized by law  or  use
  as  a  public  highway, for running logs, timber or wood, by floating or
  flooding, may institute proceedings for the acquisition of the rights of
  riparian owners on such river or stream,  to  the  extent  that  may  be
  necessary,  for  the  public  use thereof as a highway for such purpose,
  pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 9 - Rivers and Streams as Public Highways › 123 - Marks on Logs and Timber to Be Recorded.

§ 123. Marks on logs and timber to be recorded. Every person who shall
  run any logs or timber down any river or stream recognized by law or use
  as  a  public  highway  shall  select  some mark different from any mark
  previously recorded, and shall put the same on  each  log  or  stick  of
  timber  in  some  conspicuous  place,  and  shall  cause such mark to be
  recorded in the county clerk's office of each county in or through which
  such river or stream runs. The county clerk shall be entitled to the sum
  of fifty cents for recording such mark, to be paid by the person  having
  the  same  recorded,  and  a copy of said entry, certified by the clerk,
  shall be presumptive evidence that the logs or timber so marked are  the
  property of the person by whom such mark was selected and recorded.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 9 - Rivers and Streams as Public Highways › 123-A - Defacing Marks on Logs or Lumber.

§ 123-a. Defacing marks on logs or lumber. A person who (a) unlawfully
  cuts  out,  alters,  or  defaces  any  mark,  made  on any log or lumber
  floating in any of the waters of this state or lying upon land,  whether
  or  not  such  mark  be  recorded  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of the
  navigation law, or (b) puts a false mark on any such log or  lumber,  is
  guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 9 - Rivers and Streams as Public Highways › 124 - Persons Prohibited From Landing Logs, Timber or Lumber.

§ 124. Persons  prohibited  from  landing  logs, timber or lumber.  No
  person shall stop, take up or draw to, or lodge  on  the  shore  of  any
  river  or  stream  used  for  floating logs, timber or lumber, or on any
  island therein, any lumber, logs, timber, boards or planks  floating  in
  such  river  or  stream,  without the consent of the owner thereof.  Any
  person violating the provisions of this section shall for each violation
  forfeit to the person aggrieved thereby the sum of ten dollars,  and  in
  addition  thereto  shall  be liable to the owner of such logs, timber or
  lumber for all damages sustained thereby.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 9 - Rivers and Streams as Public Highways › 125 - Application of Article.

§ 125. Application  of  article.  This  article shall not apply to the
  Hudson river, the Allegheny river and its tributaries, nor the  Delaware
  river  and  its  tributaries, nor the waters located in Franklin county,
  nor the Oswegatchie river and its tributaries, nor the Grasse river  and
  its  tributaries,  nor  the  Raquette river and its tributaries, nor the
  West Canada creek and its tributaries,  nor  the  Black  river  and  its
  tributaries above its junction with the Moose river; nor be construed to
  repeal  any  existing  law  now  applicable to any creek or river in the
  state.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 130 - Powers and Duties of Sheriff.

§ 130. Powers  and  duties  of sheriff. The sheriff of every county in
  which any wrecked property shall be found, when no owner or other person
  entitled  to  the  possession  of  such  property  shall  appear,  shall
  severally  take  all  necessary  measures  for  saving and securing such
  property; take possession thereof, in whose hands soever  the  same  may
  be,  in  the name of the people of the state; cause the value thereof to
  be appraised by disinterested persons, and keep the same  in  some  safe
  place to answer the claims of the persons entitled thereto.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 131 - Sale of Wreck.

§ 131. Sale of wreck. If the property so saved shall be perishable, so
  as  to  render the sale thereof expedient, the officer, in whose custody
  the same shall be, shall apply to the county court of the county, or the
  city court of the city, where  such  property  may  be,  by  a  verified
  petition  stating  the facts, for an order authorizing such sale; if the
  court shall be satisfied that a sale  of  the  property  would  be  most
  beneficial to the parties interested, it shall make the order so applied
  for,  and the officer having custody of the property shall sell the same
  at public auction, at the time and in the manner specified in the order,
  and the proceeds of such sale, deducting the  expenses  allowed  by  the
  courts,  shall  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  of the county in which the
  property shall have been found.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 132 - Delivery of Wreck or Proceeds to Claimant.

§ 132. Delivery  of  wreck  or proceeds to claimant. If, within a year
  after such wrecked property shall have been found and saved, any  person
  shall  claim the same or the proceeds thereof, as owner or consignee, or
  the agent of the owner or consignee, and shall establish  his  claim  by
  evidence, such court shall make an order directing the officer, in whose
  possession  the property or its proceeds shall be, to deliver or pay the
  same to the claimant, upon the payment by him of a  reasonable  salvage,
  and  all  necessary expenses incurred in the preservation and keeping of
  the property.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 133 - Claimant's Undertaking.

§ 133. Claimant's  undertaking.  No such order shall, however, be made
  unless the claimant shall deliver to such court an undertaking with  one
  or  more  sufficient sureties to be approved by the court, such claimant
  or  his  representative,  within  two  years  after  the  date  of   the
  undertaking,  by  any  person,  establishing  his title as owner of such
  property or proceeds. The undertaking shall  be  filed  in  the  clerk's
  office of the county in which it shall be taken.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 134 - When Owner May Sue.

§ 134. When owner may sue. The rejection by the court of any claim for
  wrecked  property  shall  not  preclude the claimant from maintaining an
  action for the recovery of such property or  its  proceeds  against  the
  officer  in  whose  hands the same shall be; but if the plaintiff in any
  such action shall prevail, there shall be deducted, in addition  to  the
  salvage   and  expenses  charged  on  the  property,  from  the  damages
  recovered, the costs of the defense.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 135 - Claim for Salvage.

§ 135. Claim  for  salvage. Every officer to whom any order duly made,
  for the delivery of the wrecked property,  or  its  proceeds,  shall  be
  directed,  shall present to the claimant exhibiting such order a written
  statement of the claims for salvage and expenses on  such  property  and
  proceeds.  If the claimant shall refuse to allow such claims, the amount
  of such salvage and expenses shall be adjusted in the manner hereinafter
  provided, and, after the payment  or  tender  of  the  payment  of  such
  salvage  and  expenses,  as agreed to or adjusted, the officer, in whose
  custody such property or proceeds shall be, shall  deliver  or  pay  the
  same, according to the terms of the order directed to him.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 136 - Detention of Wreck.

§ 136. Detention  of  wreck. All sheriffs, and all persons employed by
  them, and all other persons aiding and assisting  in  the  recovery  and
  preservation  of  wrecked  property,  shall  be entitled to a reasonable
  allowance as salvage for their services, and to all expenses incurred by
  them in the performance of such services, out of the property saved, and
  the officer having the custody of such property shall  detain  the  same
  until such salvage and expenses shall be paid and the salvage claimed in
  any  case  shall  not  exceed  one-half  of the value of the property or
  proceeds, and every agreement, order or adjustment  allowing  a  greater
  salvage shall be void.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 137 - Appointment of Appraisers.

§ 137. Appointment  of  appraisers.  If  the  amount  of  salvage  and
  expenses on property saved shall not be adjusted  by  agreement  of  the
  parties,  the  owner  or  consignee  of  such property, or the master or
  supercargo, having charge thereof at the time the same was wrecked, or a
  claimant having an order for its delivery, may apply to the county court
  of the county or the city court of a city in which such  property  shall
  be, for the appointment of suitable persons as appraisers, to adjust the
  amount  of such salvage and expenses; and such court shall, by an order,
  appoint three disinterested freeholders of the county,  not  inhabitants
  of  the  town in which the property shall have been saved to adjust such
  salvage and expenses, who, before they shall enter upon the  performance
  of  their  duties,  shall be sworn to perform faithfully and impartially
  the duties of their trust. They shall have  power  to  issue  compulsory
  process  for the attendance of witnesses, and to administer oaths to all
  witnesses who shall attend or be produced; and the written  decision  of
  the  appraisers,  or  any  two  of them, as to the amount of salvage and
  expenses, and the sum to be paid to each person  entitled  to  share  in
  such  salvage, or claiming such expenses, shall be final and conclusive.
  The fees and expenses of the appraisers shall be paid by the person upon
  whose application they shall have been appointed, and shall be a  charge
  upon  the  property  saved.  Each  appraiser  shall  be entitled to five
  dollars for each day's necessary attendance and expenses.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 138 - Sale and Disposition of Property.

§ 138. Sale  and  disposition  of  property. 1. If within a year after
  wrecked property shall have been saved, no person shall have appeared to
  claim the same, or if the salvage and expenses on  such  property  shall
  not  have  been  paid within three months after the same shall have been
  adjusted, or an action for the recovery of the property shall have  been
  commenced, the officer in whose custody the property shall be shall sell
  the same at public auction, and pay the proceeds of such sale, deducting
  salvage   and  expenses,  to  the  state  comptroller  pursuant  to  the
  provisions of section thirteen hundred seven of the  abandoned  property
  law  for the benefit of the parties interested; but in no case shall any
  deduction of salvage and expenses be  made  unless  the  amount  thereof
  shall  have  been adjusted upon due proof, by an order of such county or
  city court, a copy of which order and of the evidence in support thereof
  shall be transmitted by the court making it to the comptroller.
2. If the property has  been  sold  as  perishable,  pursuant  to  the
  provisions  of  section  one  hundred  thirty-one,  the  balance  of the
  proceeds, after deducting the salvage and expenses as adjusted, shall be
  paid by the county treasurer to the state  comptroller  as  provided  in
  section thirteen hundred seven of the abandoned property law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 139 - Publication of Notice of Wrecked Property.

§ 139. Publication  of notice of wrecked property. Every sheriff, into
  whose possession any wrecked  property  shall  come,  shall  immediately
  thereafter  publish  a notice directed to all parties interested, for at
  least four weeks in  succession,  in  one  or  more  of  the  newspapers
  published  in the county where the property shall have been saved. Every
  such notice shall contain a minute description of such wrecked property,
  and every bale, bag, box, cask, piece or  parcel  thereof,  and  of  the
  marks,  brands,  letters and figures on each, and shall state where such
  wrecked property then is, and its actual condition,  and  the  name,  if
  known,  of  the  vessel from which it was taken or case on shore, and of
  the master and supercargo of such  vessel,  and  the  place  where  such
  vessel  then  is,  and  its  actual condition. The expense of publishing
  every notice required to  be  published  relating  to  wrecks  shall  be
  charged on the property or proceeds to which it relates.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 139-A - Keeping Wrecked Goods a Misdemeanor.

§ 139-a. Keeping  wrecked goods a misdemeanor. A person who takes away
  goods or other property not his own from a stranded vessel, or any goods
  or other property cast by the sea upon the land or found  in  a  bay  or
  creek,  or  who  knowingly  becomes possessed of any such goods or other
  property, and does  not  deliver  the  same,  within  forty-eight  hours
  thereafter,  to  the  sheriff or one of the coroners or wreck masters of
  the county where the same was found, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 139-B - Defacing Marks Upon Wrecked Property.

§ 139-b. Defacing marks upon wrecked property. A person who defaces or
  obliterates  the marks upon wrecked property, or in any manner disguises
  the  appearance  thereof,  with  intent  to  prevent  the   owner   from
  discovering  its  identity,  or  who destroys or suppresses any invoice,
  bill of lading or other document tending to show the ownership  thereof,
  is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 10 - Wrecks › 139-C - Officer Unlawfully Detaining Wrecked Property.

§ 139-c. Officer  unlawfully  detaining  wrecked property. An officer,
  whose duties pertain in  any  way  to  wrecked  property,  who,  without
  authority  of  law, detains such property or proceeds thereof, after the
  salvage and expenses chargeable thereon have been  paid  or  offered  to
  him,  or  who is guilty of any fraud in the discharge of such duties, is
  guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 11 - Improvement and Preservation of Waterways › 140 - Definitions.

§ 140. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
mean and include:  (a) Municipality. A county, city, town, or village; a
county,  city,  town or village on behalf of an improvement district; or
any two or more of the foregoing which are acting jointly in  connection
with a project.
(b)  Federal  government.  The  federal  government  or  any agency or
officer thereof.
(c) Harbor of refuge.  A harbor or navigational  improvement  designed
primarily  to  enhance  recreational  boating,  which  is constructed or
improved  by  the  federal   government   and   which   requires   state
participation.
(d)  Local  marine  facility.  A  harbor  or  navigational improvement
designed  primarily  to  enhance  recreational   boating,   a   facility
appurtenant   or  incidental  thereto,  or  a  facility  appurtenant  or
incidental to a harbor of refuge, which is constructed or improved by  a
municipality.
(e)  State marine facility. A harbor or navigational improvement which
is designed to enhance recreational boating, a facility  appurtenant  or
incidental  thereto, a facility appurtenant or incidental to a harbor of
refuge, a storm alert system or components thereof, navigational  aides,
and  any other similar capital improvement designed primarily to enhance
recreational  boating,  which  is  constructed  or   improved   by   the
commissioner.
(f)  Marine  project  or  project.  A  harbor  of refuge, local marine
facility or state marine facility, as the case may be.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 11 - Improvement and Preservation of Waterways › 140-A - Offenses Against the Navigation Law.

§ 140-a. Offenses  against  the  navigation law. Any person having the
  charge, command or control of a vessel who:
1. Carries or permits a vessel to carry a greater number of passengers
  than is stated in the certificate of inspection of  such  vessel  issued
  under section sixty-three of this chapter; or
2.  Neglects  to  carry  on a vessel the equipment required by section
  sixty-seven of this chapter; or
3. Neglects to carry on a vessel the fire  pump  required  by  section
  fifty-six of this chapter; or
4. Violates any other provision of this chapter; or for which no other
  punishment is prescribed, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 11 - Improvement and Preservation of Waterways › 142 - Local Marine Facilities.

§ 142. Local   marine  facilities.  (a)  The  commissioner  is  hereby
authorized  to  enter   into   agreements   with   municipalities,   and
municipalities  are  hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the
commissioner, concerning the construction, operation and maintenance  of
local marine facilities, including local marine facilities incidental to
a harbor of refuge.
(b)  Any such agreement shall include a provision for the construction
of the facility, either by the municipality or by the state on behalf of
the municipality, in accordance with plans approved by the commissioner,
and any such agreement shall include a provision requiring operation and
maintenance of the facility by the municipality.
(c) In  any  such  agreement  the  state  may  agree,  within  amounts
appropriated therefor as allocated by the director of the budget, to pay
to  the  municipality an amount to be determined by the commissioner not
to exceed the lesser of (1) seventy-five per cent of  the  cost  of  the
facility, less any federal assistance received or to be received for the
facility and (2) fifty per cent of the cost of the facility; except that
when  the  facility  is  constructed  by  the  state  on  behalf  of the
municipality, the municipality shall agree to reimburse the state in  an
amount to be determined by the commissioner not to be less than the cost
of  the  facility less the sum of (1) any federal assistance received or
to be received for the facility and (2) the lesser of  (i)  seventy-five
per  cent  of  the  cost  of  the  facility, less any federal assistance
received or to be received for the facility and (ii) fifty per  cent  of
the  cost  of the facility. Whenever two or more municipalities agree to
participate in a project, such municipalities,  by  agreement  with  the
commissioner  and each other, shall agree to an equitable sharing of the
local share of the cost of the project.
(d) In the event a municipality shall fail to pay  to  the  state  the
municipality's  share of the cost of a facility constructed by the state
on behalf of the municipality within six months of the certification  to
the  municipality  by the state comptroller of the amount of such share,
the state comptroller shall cause to be withheld from  state  assistance
to which such municipality would otherwise be entitled, a sum sufficient
to  reimburse  the  state for any amount remaining unpaid, together with
interest on any such unpaid amount at the rate of  three  per  cent  per
annum  from  the date of such certification. Monies so withheld shall be
credited against the amount of principal and interest  payable  by  such
municipality for its share of the cost of the facility.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 11 - Improvement and Preservation of Waterways › 143 - State Marine Facilities.

§ 143. State marine facilities. The commissioner is hereby authorized,
  within amounts appropriated therefor as allocated by the director of the
  budget,  to  construct, reconstruct, improve, operate and maintain state
  marine facilities, including state marine  facilities  incidental  to  a
  harbor of refuge.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 1 - General Provisions › 170 - Legislative Intent.

§ 170. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that New
  York's  lands  and  waters  constitute  a unique and delicately balanced
  resource; that the protection and preservation of these lands and waters
  promotes the health, safety and welfare of the  people  of  this  state;
  that  the tourists and recreation industry dependent on clean waters and
  beaches is vital to the economy of this state; that  the  state  is  the
  trustee,  for  the  benefit  of  its  citizens, of all natural resources
  within its jurisdiction; and that the storage and transfer of  petroleum
  between vessels, between facilities and vessels, and between facilities,
  whether  onshore  or  offshore,  is  a hazardous undertaking and imposes
  risks of damage to persons and property within this state.
The legislature finds and declares that  the  discharge  of  petroleum
  within or outside the jurisdiction of this state constitutes a threat to
  the  economy  and  environment of this state. The legislature intends by
  the passage of this article to exercise the  powers  of  this  state  to
  control  the  transfer and storage of petroleum and to provide liability
  for damage sustained within this state as a result of the  discharge  of
  said petroleum by requiring prompt cleanup and removal of such pollution
  and petroleum, and to provide a fund for swift and adequate compensation
  to resort businesses and other persons damaged by such discharge.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 1 - General Provisions › 171 - Purposes.

§ 171. Purposes.  It  is the purpose of this article to ensure a clean
  environment  and  healthy  economy  for  the  state  by  preventing  the
  unregulated  discharge of petroleum which may result in damage to lands,
  waters or natural resources of the state by authorizing  the  department
  of  environmental conservation to respond quickly to such discharges and
  effect prompt cleanup and  removal  of  such  discharges,  giving  first
  priority  to  minimizing  environmental  damage,  and  by  providing for
  liability for damage sustained within the state  as  a  result  of  such
  discharges.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses › 173 - Discharge of Petroleum; Prohibition.

§ 173. Discharge  of  petroleum;  prohibition.  1.  The  discharge  of
  petroleum is prohibited.
2. On or after January first, nineteen hundred  ninety-four,  all  new
  vessels  sold  in  New  York  that are equipped with fuel tank air vents
  shall have such fuel tank air vents designed to  prevent  fuel  overflow
  during  refueling. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to
  those fuel systems in vessels which are required to meet  the  standards
  provided for in the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971.
3. This section shall not apply to discharges of petroleum pursuant to
  and in compliance with the conditions of a federal or state permit.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses › 174-B - Use of Agents.

§ 174-b. Use of agents. 1. The commissioner may promulgate regulations
  governing  the use of dispersants, burning agents, biological additives,
  surface collecting agents or other chemical additives in the cleanup and
  removal of a petroleum discharge.
2.  The  commissioner  shall  pursue   an   official   memorandum   of
  understanding  with  the United States Coast Guard regarding the planned
  uses  of  dispersants,  burning  agents,  sinking   agents,   biological
  additives,  surface collecting agents or other chemical additives in the
  event of a petroleum discharge. Such memorandum of understanding  should
  be  reflective  of any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this
  section.
3. No person shall  supervise,  aid  or  participate  in  any  use  of
  dispersants,  burning  agents,  sinking  agents,  biological  additives,
  surface  collecting  agents  or  other  chemical  additives   which   is
  inconsistent  with  any  rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation › Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses › 175 - Notification by Persons Responsible for Discharge.

§ 175. Notification  by  persons responsible for discharge. Any person
  responsible  for  causing  a  discharge  shall  immediately  notify  the
  department   pursuant  to  rules  and  regulations  established  by  the
  department, but in no case later than two  hours  after  the  discharge.
  Failure to so notify shall make persons liable to the penalty provisions
  of  section  192 of this article.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any
  other law, such notification  to  the  department  shall  be  deemed  to
  fulfill the notification requirements of any other state or local law.