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2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-AAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Greenwood Lake.

* § 45-aaaa. Special  provisions  relating  to  reckless operation and
  speed on Greenwood Lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
  chapter or  any  inconsistent  local  laws  (a)  every  pleasure  vessel
  operated  on Greenwood Lake within Orange county, shall be operated in a
  careful and prudent manner,  in  such  a  way  as  not  to  unreasonably
  interfere  with  or  endanger any other vessel or person; a violation of
  this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section
  seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated  on
  such  lake  at a speed exceeding forty-five miles per hour nor shall any
  pleasure vessel be operated at a speed exceeding fifteen miles per  hour
  between  one-half  hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise; a
  violation of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable as set forth
  in section seventy-three-c of this article.
2. No vessel shall be operated within two hundred feet of the shore, a
  dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored  vessel  at  a  speed
  exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near
  such  shore,  dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose
  of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to  take  off  or  land.  A
  violation  of  this  subdivision  shall be a violation punishable as set
  forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
3. The provisions of this section shall  not  apply  to  any  pleasure
  vessel  competing  in  or  practicing  for a regatta or boat race over a
  specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association  between
  nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice
  of  the  date  of  the  race  has  been  given  to  the  appropriate law
  enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to
  the  provisions  of  section  thirty-four  of  this  chapter,  and   all
  provisions of this section have been complied with.
* NB There are 2 § 45-aaaa's
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-AAAA*2 - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Sodus Bay.

* § 45-aaaa. Special  provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay. 1. No
  vessel shall be operated within that area of the Sodus Bay  Channel  and
  Sodus Bay bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Sodus outer
  light  at  the  north-westerly  most  point of the west breakwall of the
  Sodus Bay Channel and running thence southerly to the south-west  corner
  of  such breakwall; thence running south-westerly along the shoreline of
  Sodus Point; thence south-easterly along the shoreline of Sand Point  to
  the  easterly  most  point  on  said  Sand  Point, said point being more
  specifically  defined  as  latitude  431558,  longitude  765814;  thence
  northerly  across Sodus Bay to a point on the east breakwall, said point
  more  specifically  being  defined  as  latitude   43°16'4",   longitude
  76°58'3";  thence westerly along said breakwall to the south-west corner
  and then northerly along the east pier to the east  pier  light  on  the
  Sodus  Bay  Channel;  thence  north-westerly  to  the  point in place of
  beginning in a manner or at a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably
  interferes with or endangers a dock,  pier,  raft,  float,  anchored  or
  moored vessel or swimmer but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles
  per hour.
2.  For  the purpose of complying with the provisions of this section,
  the sheriff of the county of Wayne is directed to place buoy markers  on
  that  portion of Sodus Bay between the easterly most point of Sand Point
  and the point on east breakwall which is the  termination  of  the  zone
  established  above  for  the purpose of advising users of the bay of the
  existence of the limited speed zone established herein.
3. Any person who operates  a  vessel  in  violation  of  any  of  the
  provisions  of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as
  set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any  town
  or  county  from  adopting  or  enacting  any local laws, resolutions or
  ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within its limits,  but
  no  such  municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive any
  of such provisions.
* NB There are 2 § 45-aaaa's
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-AAAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Lake Alice.

§ 45-aaaaa. Special  provisions  relating  to  reckless  operation and
  speed on Lake Alice. 1. Notwithstanding any  other  provisions  of  this
  chapter  or  any  inconsistent  local  laws  (a)  every  pleasure vessel
  operated on Lake Alice within Orleans county, shall  be  operated  in  a
  careful  and  prudent  manner,  in  such  a  way  as not to unreasonably
  interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person;  a  violation  of
  this  paragraph  is  a  misdemeanor  punishable  as set forth in section
  seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated  on
  such  lake  at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles per hour; a violation
  of this paragraph shall be  a  violation  punishable  as  set  forth  in
  section seventy-three-c of this article.
2. No vessel shall be operated within one hundred feet of the shore, a
  dock,  pier,  raft  or  float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed
  exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near
  such shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for  the  purpose
  of  enabling  a  person  engaged  in water skiing to take off or land. A
  violation of this subdivision shall be a  violation  punishable  as  set
  forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
3.  The  provisions  of  this  section shall not apply to any pleasure
  vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta  or  boat  race  over  a
  specified  course held by a bona fide club or racing association between
  nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice
  of the  date  of  the  race  has  been  given  to  the  appropriate  law
  enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to
  the   provisions  of  section  thirty-four  of  this  chapter,  and  all
  provisions of such section thirty-four have been complied with.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-AAAAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Noise and Speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake.

* § 45-aaaaaa. Special  provisions  relating  to  noise  and  speed on
  Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions  of
  this  chapter  or  any  inconsistent  local  laws, every pleasure vessel
  operated on Lamoka Lake, located in Schuyler  county,  or  Waneta  Lake,
  located in Schuyler and Steuben counties, shall be operated in a careful
  and  prudent manner, in such a way as not to unreasonably interfere with
  or endanger any vessel or person, and no vessel shall be operated  at  a
  speed  exceeding  forty-five miles per hour. No pleasure vessel operated
  on Lamoka Lake or Waneta Lake shall be operated  at  a  speed  exceeding
  twenty-five  miles  per  hour  between  one-half  hour  after sunset and
  one-half hour before sunrise.
2. No vessel shall be operated on Lamoka Lake or  Waneta  Lake  within
  two  hundred  feet  of  the  shore,  a  dock,  pier, raft or float or an
  anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at such a speed that  causes  a
  wake  that  unreasonably  interferes  with or endangers such dock, pier,
  raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel but in no event at a speed
  exceeding five miles per hour, unless for  the  purpose  of  enabling  a
  person  engaged  in  water  skiing to take off or land or such vessel is
  required to run at  full  throttle  through  an  established  course  to
  measure  the  vessel's decibel level pursuant to the directions of a law
  enforcement officer.
3. The provisions of this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  vessel
  competing  in  or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law enforcement agencies at least  fifteen  days  prior  to  such  race,
  pursuant  to  the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and
  all provisions of this section have been complied with.  The  provisions
  of  this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency licensed
  aircraft.
4. Any person who fails to comply with any of the provisions  of  this
  section  shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not less
  than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for the first
  offense; by a fine of not less than fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two
  hundred  dollars for conviction of the second offense committed within a
  period of twenty-four months; by a fine of not  less  than  one  hundred
  dollars  nor  more  than two hundred dollars for conviction of the third
  offense  or  any  subsequent  offense  committed  within  a  period   of
  twenty-four months.
* NB There are 2 § 45-aaaaaa's
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-B - Regulation of Beaches.

§ 45-b. Regulation of beaches. Except when prohibited by reason of the
  laws of the United States, the board of trustees of a village may adopt,
  amend  and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, with
  respect to regulating the use of beaches in or adjacent to  the  village
  and  regulating  swimming  and  bathing  in  open  waters exposed to the
  public, including the use of underwater diving devices for swimming  and
  fishing, within or bounding the village or such beaches to a distance of
  fifteen  hundred  feet  from  the  shore, including any waters within or
  bordering a village in the county of Nassau or  Suffolk,  and  requiring
  the  owners  or  operators  of any bathing beaches, bath houses or other
  places charging a fee to the public for the use of  such  facilities  to
  provide  adequate  safeguards for the protection of the public in waters
  adjacent to such premises.
The provisions of this section shall  be  controlling  notwithstanding
  any contrary provisions of law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-C - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Conesus Lake.

§ 45-c. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on
  Conesus lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or
  any  inconsistent  local  laws  (a)  every  pleasure  vessel operated on
  Conesus lake within the county of Livingston, shall  be  operated  in  a
  careful  and  prudent  manner,  in  such  a  way  as not to unreasonably
  interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person;  a  violation  of
  this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section
  seventy-three-b  of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated on
  such lake at a speed exceeding forty-five miles per hour nor  shall  any
  pleasure  vessel  be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per
  hour between  one-half  hour  after  sunset  and  one-half  hour  before
  sunrise;  a  violation of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable
  as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
2. No vessel shall be operated within two hundred feet of the shore, a
  dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored  vessel  at  a  speed
  exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near
  such  shore,  dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose
  of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to  take  off  or  land.  A
  violation  of  this  subdivision  shall be a violation punishable as set
  forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
3. The provisions of this section shall  not  apply  to  any  pleasure
  vessel  competing  in  or  practicing  for a regatta or boat race over a
  specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association  between
  nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice
  of  the  date  of  the  race  has  been  given  to  the  appropriate law
  enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to
  the  provisions  of  section  thirty-four  of  this  chapter,  and   all
  provisions of such section have been complied with.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-CC - Reckless Operation and Speed on the Canal System.

§  45-cc.  Reckless  operation  and  speed  on  the  canal  system. 1.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent
  local laws, every vessel operated on the canal  system,  as  defined  in
  subdivision  one of section two of the canal law, shall be operated in a
  careful and prudent  manner  in  such  a  way  as  not  to  unreasonably
  interfere  with  or  endanger any other vessel or person. A violation of
  this subdivision or any applicable rules  and  regulations  shall  be  a
  misdemeanor  punishable  as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this
  article.
2. Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  any
  inconsistent  local  laws,  no  vessel  shall  be operated on such canal
  system within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier,  raft,  float
  or  an  anchored  or  moored  vessel at a speed exceeding five miles per
  hour, unless such vessel is being operated near such shore, dock, float,
  pier, raft, or anchored vessel for the  purpose  of  enabling  a  person
  engaged  in  water skiing to take off or land, and except in those areas
  where the canal corporation has established a different  speed  by  rule
  and   regulation  pursuant  to  the  canal  law.  A  violation  of  this
  subdivision or any applicable rules and regulations shall be a violation
  punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-D - Special Provisions Relating to Speed at Cooke's Point in Great Kills Harbor.

§  45-d.  Special  provisions  relating  to speed at Crooke's Point in
  Great Kills Harbor. 1. No vessel shall be operated in Great Kills Harbor
  extending beyond the Crooke's Point Jetty to the  lighted  buoy  at  the
  Harbor's  entrance,  within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier,
  raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at a  speed
  that  causes  a wake that unreasonably interferes with or endangers such
  dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or  moored  vessel  but  in  no
  event  at  a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the purpose
  of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.
2. The provisions of this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  vessel
  competing  in  or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law enforcement agency  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  such  race,
  pursuant  to  the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and
  all provisions of this section have been complied with.
3. Any person who operates  a  vessel  in  violation  of  any  of  the
  provisions  of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as
  set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any  town
  or  county  from  continuing, adopting or enacting any other local laws,
  resolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a  vessel  within
  its  limits,  but no such municipality shall have the power to make less
  restrictive any of such provisions.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 46-AA - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Lakes in Chautauqua County.

§ 46-aa. Special  provisions  relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua
  county. 1. The county legislature of the county of Chautauqua may adopt,
  amend and enforce local laws, rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent
  with  the  laws  of  this  state  or  the United States, with respect to
  regulating and restricting the rate of  speed  of  vessels  while  being
  operated  on  any  navigable  waters,  or  part  thereof, located within
  Chautauqua  county,  including,  but  not  limited  to   regulating   or
  restricting  the  operation  of  vessels  within two hundred feet of the
  shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in  a
  manner  or  at  a  speed  that  does  not cause a wake that unreasonably
  interferes with or endangers such  dock,  pier,  raft  or  float  or  an
  anchored  or  moored  vessel  but  in no event at a speed exceeding five
  miles per hour, unless for the purpose of enabling a person  engaged  in
  water skiing to take off or land, or regulating or restricting the speed
  of  vessels on such lake between one-half hour after sunset and one-half
  hour before sunrise.
2.  Local  laws,  rules  and  regulations  adopted  pursuant  to   the
  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to any pleasure vessel
  competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over  a  specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law  enforcement  agency  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to such race,
  pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this  chapter,  and
  all provisions of such section have been complied with.
3. No local law, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions
  of  this section shall take effect until it shall have been submitted to
  and approved in writing by the commissioner  of  parks,  recreation  and
  historic preservation.
Nothing  in  this  section shall be construed as prohibiting any city,
  town or village from continuing, adopting or enacting  any  other  local
  laws  relating  to  persons operating a vessel within its limits, but no
  such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive  any  of
  such  provisions  than  any  local  law, rule or regulation which may be
  adopted pursuant to provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 46-AAA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Certain Lakes in Hamilton County.

§ 46-aaa. Special  provisions relating to reckless operation and speed
  on certain lakes in Hamilton  county.    1.  Notwithstanding  any  other
  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  any inconsistent local laws (a) every
  pleasure vessel operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake, Indian lake,
  and Utowana lake, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner,  in
  such  a way as not to unreasonably interfere with or endanger any vessel
  or person;  a  violation  of  this  paragraph  shall  be  a  misdemeanor
  punishable  as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this article; and
  (b) no vessel shall be operated on  such  lakes  at  a  speed  exceeding
  forty-five miles per hour nor shall any pleasure vessel be operated at a
  speed  exceeding  twenty-five miles per hour between one-half hour after
  sunset and one-half hour before sunrise; a violation of  this  paragraph
  shall  be a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c
  of this article.
2. No vessel shall be operated on  Blue  Mountain  lake,  Eagle  lake,
  Indian  lake  and  Utowana  lake within two hundred feet of the shore, a
  dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or
  at such a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with  or
  endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel
  but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the
  purpose  of  enabling  a  person  engaged in water skiing to take off or
  land. A violation of this subdivision is a violation punishable  as  set
  forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
3.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to any vessel
  competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over  a  specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law  enforcement  agencies  at  least  fifteen  days prior to such race,
  pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this  chapter,  and
  all  provisions  of such section have been complied with. The provisions
  of this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency  licensed
  aircraft.
4.  Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town
  or county from adopting or  enacting  any  local  laws,  resolutions  or
  ordinances  related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but
  no such municipality shall have the power to make less  restrictive  any
  of such provisions.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 46-AAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Cuba Lake.

§ 46-aaaa. Special  provisions  relating  to  speed  on  Cuba lake. 1.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent
  local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Cuba lake, located in  the
  towns  of Cuba, Allegany county and Ischua, Cattaraugus county, shall be
  operated in a careful and prudent manner,  in  such  a  way  as  to  not
  unreasonably  interfere  with  or  endanger any vessel or person, and no
  vessel shall be operated at a speed exceeding forty-five miles per hour.
  No pleasure vessel operated on Cuba lake shall be operated  at  a  speed
  exceeding  twenty-five miles per hour between one-half hour after sunset
  and one-half hour before sunrise.
2. No person shall ride on water skis, surfboard, motorized jet ski or
  motorized personal watercraft or similar device on the  waters  of  Cuba
  lake,  without  wearing  a life preserver, life belt, or similar device;
  provided, however, that the provisions of  this  subdivision  shall  not
  apply to a paid performer engaged in a professional exhibition.
3.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to any vessel
  competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over  a  specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law  enforcement  agencies  at  least  fifteen  days prior to such race,
  pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this  chapter,  and
  all  provisions  of this section have been complied with. The provisions
  of this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency  licensed
  aircraft.
4.  Any  person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this
  section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not  less
  than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for the first
  offense;  by  a  fine  of  not less than fifty dollars nor more than two
  hundred dollars for conviction of the second offense committed within  a
  period  of  twenty-four  months;  by a fine of not less than one hundred
  dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for conviction  of  the  third
  offense   or  any  subsequent  offense  committed  within  a  period  of
  twenty-four months.
5. The Cuba lake district shall have all of  the  rights,  duties  and
  obligations  as  provided  for  in  section forty-six of this chapter as
  afforded to the  governing  body  of  a  city  or  incorporated  village
  relative to the creation of a vessel regulation zone.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 46-B - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Saratoga Lake.

§  46-b.  Special  provisions  relating  to speed on Saratoga lake. 1.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent
  local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located  in
  the  towns  of  Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Saratoga
  Springs, Saratoga county, shall be operated in  a  careful  and  prudent
  manner,  in such a way as to not unreasonably interfere with or endanger
  any vessel or person, and  no  vessel  shall  be  operated  at  a  speed
  exceeding  forty-five  miles  per  hour.  No pleasure vessel operated on
  Saratoga lake shall be operated at a speed exceeding  twenty-five  miles
  per  hour  between  one-half  hour after sunset and one-half hour before
  sunrise.
2. In addition to the waters of Saratoga lake, the provisions of  this
  section  shall  apply  to  Fish  creek  from  Saratoga lake to Safford's
  bridge. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section the  five  miles
  per  hour  speed  zone  at  the state route nine-P state boat launch, in
  effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain in full
  force and effect.
3. No vessel shall be operated on Saratoga  lake  within  two  hundred
  feet  of  shore,  a  dock,  pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored
  vessel in a  manner  or  at  such  a  speed  that  causes  a  wake  that
  unreasonably  interferes  with  or endangers such shoreline, dock, pier,
  raft or float or anchored or moored vessel, but in no event at  a  speed
  exceeding  five  miles  per  hour,  unless for the purpose of enabling a
  person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.
4. The provisions of this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  vessel
  competing  in  or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law enforcement agencies at least  fifteen  days  prior  to  such  race,
  pursuant  to  the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and
  all provisions of such section have been complied with.  The  provisions
  of  this section shall not apply to any federal aviation agency licensed
  aircraft.
5. Any person who violates any provision  of  this  section  shall  be
  guilty  of a violation punishable as provided in section seventy-three-c
  of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 47-A - Accidents; Police Authorities, Bay Constables and Coroners to Report.

§  47-a. Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to
  report. 1. Every police  officer,  bay  constable  or  judicial  officer
  receiving  information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but
  not limited to, rowboats and canoes, in  which  any  person  is  killed,
  injured  or disappears under the water shall immediately investigate the
  facts, or cause the same to be investigated, make a  written  memorandum
  of  the  information received, and such additional facts relating to the
  accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and mail the  same  within
  five  days  to  the commissioner and keep a record thereof in his or her
  office, provided, however, that the report of the accident  is  made  to
  the  police  officer, bay constable or judicial officer within five days
  after such accident. Every coroner, or other  official  performing  like
  functions, shall likewise make a report to the commissioner with respect
  to all deaths found to have been the result of vessel accidents.
2.  Every  police officer, bay constable or judicial officer receiving
  information of an  accident  involving  a  vessel,  including,  but  not
  limited  to,  rowboats  and  canoes,  in  which  damage in excess of one
  thousand dollars to the property of any person is sustained shall make a
  written memorandum of the  information  received,  and  such  additional
  facts  relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and
  mail the same within five days to the commissioner  and  keep  a  record
  thereof in his or her office.
3.  In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official
  or agency of the United States, any information compiled by or otherwise
  available  to  the  commissioner  pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be
  transmitted to such official or agency of the United States.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 47-B - Report to the Commissioner Required Upon Accident.

§  47-b.  Report  to  the  commissioner  required upon accident. Every
  person operating a vessel, including, but not limited to,  rowboats  and
  canoes,  upon  the navigable waters of the state, or on any other waters
  within the boundaries of the state, which is in any manner  involved  in
  an  accident, in which any person is killed, injured or disappears under
  the water, or in which  damage  to  the  property  of  any  one  person,
  including  himself  or  herself,  in  excess  of one thousand dollars is
  sustained shall, within five days after such accident, report the matter
  in writing to the commissioner. If the owner is  not  involved  in  such
  accident  or  is  incapacitated, the owner shall, within five days after
  learning of the facts  of  such  accident,  report  the  matter  to  the
  commissioner  together  with  such  information  as may have come to the
  owner's knowledge relating to such accident. Every such  operator  of  a
  vessel,  or  surviving participant in any such accident, or the owner of
  the vessel involved in any such accident,  shall  make  such  other  and
  additional  reports as the commissioner may require. A violation of this
  section shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine  of  not  less
  than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. Nothing contained in
  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to supersede the provisions of section
  forty-seven of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 49-C - Termination of Unsafe Operation.

§  49-c.  Termination  of  unsafe operation. A police officer or peace
  officer,  acting  pursuant  to  his  or  her  special  duties,  who  has
  reasonable cause to believe that a vessel, including a rowboat, canoe or
  kayak,  is  being  operated,  in his or her presence, upon the navigable
  waters of the state, or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within  the
  boundaries  of  the  county  of  Nassau  or Suffolk, in violation of any
  section of this article, and that it would be so imminently hazardous to
  continue to operate such vessel as to be likely to cause an accident  or
  physical  injury,  may  direct  the master or operator of such vessel to
  cease operating upon such waters, and to proceed immediately to dock the
  vessel at the nearest available safe anchorage, dock  or  mooring  until
  the  violation  charged  by such officer is finally adjudicated or until
  such hazardous condition is remediated or otherwise corrected.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 50 - Owners to Notify Inspector and Apply for Inspection.

§ 50. Owners to notify inspector and apply for inspection. It shall be
  the  duty of the owner of a public vessel which he intends to operate on
  the navigable waters of the  state  to  notify  the  inspector  of  such
  intention at least one month before it is desired to place the vessel in
  operation  and  to request an inspection of such vessel. Upon receipt of
  such notification the inspector  shall  enter  the  application  on  the
  records of his office. A temporary permit to operate such vessel pending
  inspection  may  be  issued  by  the  inspector,  if  he  finds  through
  documentary evidence that such vessel is properly  equipped  and  manned
  for  the  safety of life and property. No public vessel shall be used or
  operated without a certificate of inspection or a  temporary  permit  as
  herein provided.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 54 - Construction Against Fire.

§ 54. Construction  against  fire.  All  public  vessels  shall  be so
  constructed that inflammable material about any machinery  or  apparatus
  involving  danger  of fire where such inflammable material is exposed to
  ignition, shall be shielded by some incombustible material so  that  the
  air  may  circulate  freely  between  such  material  and  the ignitable
  substances. Before granting a certificate of inspection,  the  inspector
  shall  require  that  all  necessary  provisions be made throughout such
  vessel as he may judge expedient to guard  against  loss  or  damage  by
  fire.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 55 - Stairways and Passageways.

§  55.  Stairways and passageways. 1. Every public vessel certified to
  carry passengers shall be provided  with  (a)  permanent  stairways  and
  other  sufficient and safe means convenient for passing from one deck to
  the other, and (b) passageways large enough to allow persons  freely  to
  pass,  which shall be open fore and aft of the length of the vessel, and
  to and along the railings, which shall be functional,  unobstructed  and
  passable whenever the vessel is engaged in carrying passengers.
2.  In  addition  to  any  other  requirement imposed by this section,
  public vessels certified to carry more than twenty passengers  shall  be
  provided  with a minimum of two means of egress on each deck which shall
  be functional, unobstructed and passable whenever the vessel is  engaged
  in carrying passengers.
3.  Any person who operates a public vessel, and any owner of a public
  vessel who permits a person to operate such vessel, in contravention  of
  the  requirements of subdivision one of this section, shall be guilty of
  a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c  of  this
  article.
4.  Any person who operates a public vessel, and any owner of a public
  vessel who permits a person to operate such vessel, in contravention  of
  the  requirements of subdivision two of this section, shall be guilty of
  a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this
  article.
5. The license of any master, pilot,  engineer,  or  joint  pilot  and
  engineer  who  operates  a  public vessel in contravention of any of the
  requirements of this  section  may  be  subject  to  the  suspension  or
  revocation  of  his  or  her license pursuant to section sixty-four-a of
  this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 56 - Fire Pump.

§ 56. Fire  pump.  Every public vessel permitted by her certificate to
  carry one hundred passengers or more, shall be provided with a fire pump
  or other equivalent apparatus for throwing water, the same to be at  all
  times  during  the  navigation  of such vessel, kept ready for immediate
  use, having hose of suitable size and sufficient  strength  to  stand  a
  pressure  of  at  least seventy-five pounds to the square inch, and of a
  length to be specified by the inspector. The inspector may  require  the
  installation  of  an approved fixed fire extinguishing system as defined
  in subdivision five of section sixty-seven in lieu of,  or  in  addition
  to, the fire pump required by this section.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 57 - Identification Number of Vessel.

§ 57. Identification  number of vessel. Every public vessel subject to
  the provisions of this chapter  shall  be  registered  and  display  the
  identification  number  assigned  as  set  forth  in  section twenty-two
  hundred fifty-one of the vehicle and traffic law.  In  addition  to  the
  number  assigned,  each public vessel shall display the letters "PV" not
  more than six inches above  or  below  the  identification  number.  The
  letters "PV" shall be not less than five inches in height and maintained
  in   a  legible  condition  so  that  the  letters,  "PV",  are  readily
  discernible during daylight hours at a distance of two hundred feet.  It
  shall  be  the  duty  of  every owner to register and display numbers as
  herein indicated.  Violation  of  this  section  shall  be  a  violation
  punishable  by  a  fine  of  not less than twenty-five nor more than one
  hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 58 - Number of Passengers.

§ 58. Number of passengers. It shall not be lawful to take on board of
  any public vessel a greater number of passengers than the number allowed
  in  the  certificate  of  inspection  and  for  every  violation of this
  provision, the master, pilot, joint pilot and engineer or owner shall be
  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  punishable   as   set   forth   in   section
  seventy-three-b of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 58-A - Unauthorized Boarding of Vessels.

§ 58-a. Unauthorized boarding of vessels. (1) It shall be unlawful for
any  person  except  a  pilot  or  public officer to board or attempt to
board, a vessel arriving in the port of  New  York  before  such  vessel
shall  have  been  made fast to the wharf, without first obtaining leave
from the master or person having charge of  such  vessel,  or  leave  in
writing from her owners or agents.
(2)  It  shall be unlawful for any person to board or attempt to board
any vessel arriving in or lying or being in the port of New  York,  with
intent  to  supply  liquors  by  sale,  gift  or  otherwise, directly or
indirectly, to any member of the crew employed on board of such vessel.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person having boarded any  vessel  in
the  port  of  New York, to neglect or refuse to leave such vessel after
having been ordered to do so by the master or person in charge  of  such
vessel.
(4) The word "vessel" as used in this section shall include vessels by
whatever power propelled.
(5)  Any  person violating any of the provisions of this section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as  set  forth  in  section
seventy-three-b of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 59 - Manning of Public Vessels.

§ 59. Manning of public vessels. 1. All public vessels while under way
  under  their  own power, shall be in charge of a licensed master, pilot,
  engineer, or joint pilot and engineer. Anyone operating a public  vessel
  without  a  license  and any owner who permits the operation of a public
  vessel by a person who does not possess a  valid  license  or  temporary
  permit,  in  full  force  and effect as master, pilot, engineer or joint
  pilot and engineer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor  punishable  as  set
  forth in section seventy-three-b of this article.
2.  It shall be unlawful to operate a public vessel with less than the
  required crew members as specified in the certificate of  inspection  or
  temporary permit. Any person who operates a public vessel, and any owner
  of  a  public  vessel  who  permits  a person to operate such vessel, in
  contravention of this requirement, shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor
  punishable  as  set forth in section seventy-three-b of this article. In
  addition, the license of any master, pilot, engineer, or joint pilot and
  engineer who operates a public  vessel  in  contravention  of  the  crew
  requirements  as  contained  in  the  certificate  of  inspection may be
  subject to the suspension or revocation of his or her  license  pursuant
  to section sixty-four-a of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 60 - Inability to Provide Licensed Officer.

§ 60. Inability to provide licensed officer. If the owner or master of
  a  public vessel is unable to obtain the services of a licensed officer,
  the inspector shall be notified and the deficiency  may  be  temporarily
  supplied,  if  the  inspector approves, until the services of a licensed
  officer can be obtained.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 61 - Repairs and Modifications.

§  61. Repairs and modifications. 1. Before any repair or modification
  is made to the structure or engineering plant of a public vessel, or any
  repair  or  modification  is  made  that  may  affect   the   stability,
  seaworthiness or safe operation of a public vessel, or in the event that
  the  owner  of  a  public  vessel  becomes  aware  of any such repair or
  modification, the owner shall notify the  inspector  of  the  repair  or
  modification   or  proposed  repair  or  modification  in  writing.  The
  inspector shall be authorized to determine whether a proposed repair  or
  modification  may  be  made,  whether  inspection of the vessel shall be
  required before any proposed repair or modification is made, or  whether
  inspection  should  be  made after repair or modification. The inspector
  shall also be authorized to determine whether the vessel may be operated
  pending inspection, or whether the vessel may  only  be  operated  after
  inspection,  or whether it may not be operated. The inspector may impose
  conditions on any such repair or modification, inspection and  operation
  taking  into consideration the nature of the proposed or existing repair
  or modification, the condition of the vessel and any other  factors  the
  inspector  deems  relevant  to  the  stability,  seaworthiness  and safe
  operation of such vessel. The owner shall comply with the  determination
  of the inspector.
2.  An  owner  who  fails  to  give  notification  as required by this
  section, or who modifies or permits the  repair  or  modification  of  a
  public  vessel  in  contravention  of  the requirements of this section,
  shall be guilty of a  violation  punishable  as  set  forth  in  section
  seventy-three-c of this article.
3.  A  public  vessel which the inspector has directed to be inspected
  prior to operation pursuant to the provisions of this section shall  not
  be  operated  upon  the navigable waters of the state if such vessel has
  not been inspected. A public vessel which the inspector has directed not
  to be operated pursuant to the provisions of this section shall  not  be
  operated  upon  the  navigable waters of the state. An owner who permits
  the operation of a public vessel in contravention of this section  shall
  be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in seventy-three-b of
  this  article,  and  the certificate of inspection of said public vessel
  may, in the discretion of the inspector, be suspended until such time as
  the inspector determines that said vessel is stable, seaworthy and safe.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 62 - Loss of Life by Misconduct of Officers.

§  62.  Loss  of life by misconduct of officers. Every master or other
  person employed on any public vessel, by whose misconduct, negligence or
  inattention to his or her duties on such vessel, the life of any  person
  is  lost,  and  every  owner  or charterer through whose fraud, neglect,
  misconduct or violation of law, the life of any person is lost, shall be
  guilty of a class E felony.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 63 - Certificate of Inspection.

§ 63. Certificate  of  inspection.  The inspector, if satisfied that a
  public vessel is in all respects safe and conforms to the requirement of
  this chapter, shall make and subscribe  duplicate  certificates  setting
  forth  the  name  and  number  of  the  vessel,  its  age,  the  date of
  inspection, the name of the owner, the number of licensed  officers  and
  crew  necessary to manage the vessel with safety, equipment required and
  any special restrictions or remarks pertaining to the operation  of  the
  vessel  and  the  number  of  passengers she can safely carry, and, if a
  steam vessel, the age of the boiler and the pressure  of  steam  she  is
  authorized  to  carry.  One of said certificates shall be kept posted in
  some conspicuous place on the vessel to be designated by  the  inspector
  and the other copy shall be kept by the inspector and by him recorded in
  a book to be kept for that purpose.  If the inspector refuses to grant a
  certificate  of  approval,  he shall make a statement in writing, giving
  his reasons for such refusal, and deliver  the  same  to  the  owner  or
  master  of  the  vessel. The posting of certificates of inspection shall
  not be required on vessels of less than ten tons  burden.  However  said
  certificates must be aboard whenever the vessel is in operation.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 2 - Public Vessels › 64 - Licenses.

§ 64. Licenses.  Every person employed as a master, pilot, engineer or
  joint pilot and engineer, on board of a public vessel, shall be examined
  by the inspector as to his  qualifications,  and  if  the  inspector  is
  satisfied  therewith,  he  shall grant him a license for the term of one
  year. In a proper case, the license may  permit  and  specify  that  the
  master  may  act  as pilot, and in case of small vessels may also act as
  joint pilot and engineer. The license shall be framed  under  glass  and
  posted  in  some  conspicuous  place  on the vessel on which he may act,
  provided that on vessels of less than ten  tons,  the  license  must  be
  carried but need not be posted. Whoever acts as master, pilot, engineer,
  or joint pilot and engineer, without having first received such license,
  except  as  in  this  article  otherwise specified, shall be guilty of a
  misdemeanor.  An applicant for license as master,  pilot,  or  engineer,
  must  be at least twenty-one years of age. An applicant for a license as
  joint pilot and engineer must be at least eighteen years of age.