N.Y. Navigation Law § 42-a: Tow-chains

§ 42-a. Tow-chains. Any person, for a fee, who operates a boat or

vessel, and who pilots, offers to pilot, tows or offers to tow any other

boat or vessel, must remove completely from the water any rope or chain

or other tool or device used to connect the boats or vessels for the

purposes of towing, while such rope or chain or other tool or device is

not being used to tow another boat or vessel. Violation of this section

is a violation, punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty

dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.