New York Laws
Title 1 - General Provisions; Control and Abatement
1300-B - Throwing Gas Tar or Refuse Into Public Waters.

ยง 1300-b. Throwing gas tar or refuse into public waters. A person,
who throws or deposits gas tar, or the refuse of a gas house or gas
factory, or offal, refuse, or any other noxious, offensive, or poisonous
substance into any public waters, or into any sewer or stream running or
entering into such public waters, is guilty of a misdemeanor.