N.Y. Navigation Law § 43-a: Use of digital billboards

§ 43-a. Use of digital billboards. 1. All vessels shall be prohibited

from operating, anchoring or mooring in the navigable waters of the

state while operating a digital billboard or other type of billboard

that uses flashing, intermittent or moving lights.

2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a

one or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images

using light-emitting diode technology or any such similar technology,

unless exclusively used to identify the vessel.

3. This section shall not be construed to limit any authority

delegated to a city, village or town pursuant to section forty-six-a of

this part. A city, village or town may, by local law, expressly

restrict or prohibit the use of outdoor advertising signage on vessels

within one thousand five hundred feet of its shore or expressly

authorize vessels to operate a digital billboard or other type of

billboard that uses flashing, intermittent or moving lights within one

thousand five hundred feet of its shore.

4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a

civil penalty of one thousand dollars for the first violation, and five

thousand dollars for all subsequent violations.