2006 New York Code - Removal Of Unauthorized Floating Object.

 
    § 36. Removal  of unauthorized floating object. No unattended floating
  object shall be anchored within the navigable waters of  the  state  for
  any  purpose,  except  as same may be authorized under the United States
  laws, rules and regulations or by section thirty-five and  thirty-five-a
  of  this  chapter  or by local ordinances as may be duly approved by the
  commissioner. Any person finding such anchored object is  authorized  to
  remove the same.