{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-navigation-law-88-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Navigation Law § 88-a","heading":"Unlicensed piloting","body":"§ 88-a. Unlicensed piloting.  A person other than a lawfully\nauthorized Sandy Hook pilot or a person heretofore licensed as a Hell\nGate pilot who pilots or offers to pilot or tows or offers to tow any\nboat or vessel (except barges, vessels under fifty-five tons burden, and\ncanal boats actually used in navigating the canals) through that part of\nthe East river, commonly called Hell Gate, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\nBut no pilotage shall be charged to any vessel under a coasting license,\non entering or departing from the port of New York by way of the East\nriver called Hell Gate unless such vessel actually employs a pilot, and\nthe making of such charge or demand without such employment shall be\ndeemed a misdemeanor.\n  This section does not apply to vessels owned or belonging to citizens\nof the United States, and licensed and engaged in the coasting trade.","path":["Navigation Law","Article 6. Pilots and Pilotage Fees, Port of New York"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/NAV/88-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"fb190548d781ac4823d0caef836465b85d2c818115351f52d9ce6d3f86fd4edc","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-navigation-law-88","next":"us-ny/n.y.-navigation-law-89-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}