ยง 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.
Structure New York Laws
Article 6 - Pilots and Pilotage Fees, Port of New York
87 - Board of Commissioners of Pilots; Powers and Duties.
88 - Pilotage at Sandy Hook, Sands Point or Execution Rocks; Rates.
89-A - Pilotage on the Hudson River; Rates.
89-B - Pilotage on Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound; Rates.
90 - Licensing of Sandy Hook Pilots; Apprenticeship.
91-A - Licensing of Hudson River Pilots.
91-B - Licensing of Long Island-Block Island Sound Pilots.
92 - Examination of Applicants.
94 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses; Suspension of Pilots.
95 - Regulation of Pilots and Persons Employing Them.