New York § 91-A - 91-ALicensing of Hudson river pilots
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 91-A — 91-ALicensing of Hudson river pilots, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 91-A. 91-ALicensing of Hudson river pilots
§ 91-a. Licensing of Hudson river pilots. The commissioners, or a majority of them, shall license, for such terms as they may think proper, as many pilots as they may deem necessary to pilot ships through that portion of the Hudson river specified in this act, the continuation of the Hudson river, and the main ship channel of the Upper bay, New York harbor, east of a line from Robbins reef light to the tower at Staten Island borough hall and down to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and such commissioners may specify in such licenses different degrees of qualifications appropriate to different parts or branches of pilot duty, according to the competency of the applicant.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 91-A ("91-ALicensing of Hudson river pilots") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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