New York Consolidated Laws, Navigation Law - NAV § 45-cc. Reckless operation and speed on the canal system

1.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws, every vessel operated on the canal system, as defined in subdivision one of section two of the canal law, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner in such a way as not to unreasonably interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person.  A violation of this subdivision or any applicable rules and regulations shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this article.

2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws, no vessel shall be operated on such canal system within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier, raft, float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near such shore, dock, float, pier, raft, or anchored vessel for the purpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land, and except in those areas where the canal corporation has established a different speed by rule and regulation pursuant to the canal law.  A violation of this subdivision or any applicable rules and regulations shall be a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.