N.Y. NAV Law § 45-D
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Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point in Great Kills Harbor
Official statutory text
§ 45-d. Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point in\nGreat Kills Harbor. 1. No vessel shall be operated in Great Kills Harbor\nextending beyond the Crooke's Point Jetty to the lighted buoy at the\nHarbor's entrance, within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier,\nraft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at a speed\nthat causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or endangers such\ndock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel but in no\nevent at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the purpose\nof enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.\n 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel\ncompeting in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified\ncourse held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due\nwritten notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate\nlaw enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race,\npursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and\nall provisions of this section have been complied with.\n 3. Any person who operates a vessel in violation of any of the\nprovisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as\nset forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.\n 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town\nor county from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local laws,\nresolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within\nits limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to make less\nrestrictive any of such provisions.\n
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