N.Y. Navigation Law § 42: Searchlights; unlawful to flash

§ 42. Searchlights; unlawful to flash. Any licensed master, pilot,

joint pilot and engineer or operator, who shall flash or cause to be

flashed, the rays of a searchlight into the pilot house or into the eyes

of the master, pilot, or operator of an approaching vessel shall be

liable to have his license revoked. Any person committing such act

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section

seventy-three-b of this article. Searchlights shall not be known as

navigating lights.