N.Y. Navigation Law Section 88-A
Unlicensed piloting


A person other than a lawfully authorized Sandy Hook pilot or a person heretofore licensed as a Hell Gate pilot who pilots or offers to pilot or tows or offers to tow any boat or vessel (except barges, vessels under fifty-five tons burden, and canal boats actually used in navigating the canals) through that part of the East river, commonly called Hell Gate, is guilty of a misdemeanor. But no pilotage shall be charged to any vessel under a coasting license, on entering or departing from the port of New York by way of the East river called Hell Gate unless such vessel actually employs a pilot, and the making of such charge or demand without such employment shall be deemed a misdemeanor. This section does not apply to vessels owned or belonging to citizens of the United States, and licensed and engaged in the coasting trade.

Source: Section 88-A — Unlicensed piloting, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/88-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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