2010 New York Code
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Article 4 - VESSELS
Part 1 - (40 - 49-C) VESSELS, GENERAL
49-C - Termination of unsafe operation.

§  49-c.  Termination  of  unsafe operation. A police officer or peace
  officer,  acting  pursuant  to  his  or  her  special  duties,  who  has
  reasonable cause to believe that a vessel, including a rowboat, canoe or
  kayak,  is  being  operated,  in his or her presence, upon the navigable
  waters of the state, or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within  the
  boundaries  of  the  county  of  Nassau  or Suffolk, in violation of any
  section of this article, and that it would be so imminently hazardous to
  continue to operate such vessel as to be likely to cause an accident  or
  physical  injury,  may  direct  the master or operator of such vessel to
  cease operating upon such waters, and to proceed immediately to dock the
  vessel at the nearest available safe anchorage, dock  or  mooring  until
  the  violation  charged  by such officer is finally adjudicated or until
  such hazardous condition is remediated or otherwise corrected.