N.Y. Navigation Law § 36: Removal of unauthorized floating object

§ 36. Removal of unauthorized floating object. No unattended floating

object shall be anchored within the navigable waters of the state for

any purpose, except as same may be authorized under the United States

laws, rules and regulations or by section thirty-five and thirty-five-a

of this chapter or by local ordinances as may be duly approved by the

commissioner. Any person finding such anchored object is authorized to

remove the same.