N.Y. General Business Law § 261: Protection of rights

§ 261. Protection of rights. Whenever such ice shall have been so

staked out, all ice lying between the center of the said river, as

hereinafter defined, and such lands, or so much thereof as shall be

required for the purpose of filling the icehouse erected thereon, as

aforesaid, shall be and become the personal property of the owner or

lessee of such lands and icehouses, and any person trespassing upon or

taking the same for commercial purposes or otherwise, shall be liable to

such owner or lessee for the value of the ice so taken, and for any

damage, in like manner as for an injury done to any other property, and

an action may be maintained for a permanent injunction, or for the value

of the ice so taken, or for any damage; and a temporary injunction may

be granted, restraining any defendant from trespassing upon or taking

the said ice for commercial purposes or otherwise, pending the

determination of the action. Nothing contained in this article,

however, shall be construed as in any manner affecting, impairing or

interfering with the right of any owner, lessee or occupant of lands

bordering upon or adjacent to the Hudson river or Catskill creek to the

unrestricted use of the premises owned, leased or occupied by him for

any lawful purpose.