N.Y. Navigation Law Section 114
Ferries

A person who:

1.

Maintains a ferry for profit or hire upon any of the waters of this state without authority of law; or

2.

Having entered into a recognizance to keep or maintain a ferry, violates the condition of such recognizance, Is guilty of a misdemeanor. Where such ferry is upon waters dividing two counties, the offender may be prosecuted in either county.

Source: Section 114 — Ferries, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/114 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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