New York Navigation Law Section 91-A - Licensing 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 Verrazano 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.

Last modified: February 3, 2019