N.Y. NAV Law § 47-A

§ 47-a. Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to\nreport. 1. Every police officer, bay constable or judicial officer\nreceiving information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but\nnot limited to, rowboats and canoes, in which any person is killed,\ninjured or disappears under the water shall immediately investigate the\nfacts, or cause the same to be investigated, make a written memorandum\nof the information received, and such additional facts relating to the\naccident as may come to his or her knowledge, and mail the same within\nfive days to the commissioner and keep a record thereof in his or her\noffice, provided, however, that the report of the accident is made to\nthe police officer, bay constable or judicial officer within five days\nafter such accident. Every coroner, or other official performing like\nfunctions, shall likewise make a report to the commissioner with respect\nto all deaths found to have been the result of vessel accidents.\n 2. Every police officer, bay constable or judicial officer receiving\ninformation of an accident involving a vessel, including, but not\nlimited to, rowboats and canoes, in which damage in excess of one\nthousand dollars to the property of any person is sustained shall make a\nwritten memorandum of the information received, and such additional\nfacts relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and\nmail the same within five days to the commissioner and keep a record\nthereof in his or her office.\n 3. In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official\nor agency of the United States, any information compiled by or otherwise\navailable to the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be\ntransmitted to such official or agency of the United States.\n