N.Y. Navigation Law § 45-d: Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point in Great Kills Harbor

§ 45-d. Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point in

Great Kills Harbor. 1. No vessel shall be operated in Great Kills Harbor

extending beyond the Crooke's Point Jetty to the lighted buoy at the

Harbor's entrance, within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier,

raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at a speed

that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or endangers such

dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel but in no

event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the purpose

of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel

competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified

course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due

written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate

law enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race,

pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and

all provisions of this section have been complied with.

3. Any person who operates a vessel in violation of any of the

provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as

set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town

or county from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local laws,

resolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within

its limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to make less

restrictive any of such provisions.