Maloney highlights party boat collisions and unlicensed charters
Recent collisions near 23rd Street and West 125th Street injured dozens; a fatal capsizing near the Statue of Liberty involved an overloaded boat.
Third, party boats raise many of the same concerns.
In August 2025, a party boat carrying 300 people collided with another vessel on the East River near the 23rd Street landing, sending seven people to the hospital.
In June 2025, a party yacht with 400 people aboard struck a dock near West 125th Street, injuring 35.
Unlicensed charters have been even more dangerous.
This August, a mother and her five-month-old daughter were killed when a boat carrying more passengers than it could legally hold capsized near the Statue of Liberty.
The city has acted before.
In 2019, it stopped party boats from boarding in Sheepshead Bay after repeated complaints from residents.
So we want to know what EDC requires of these operators before it lets them dock, whether anyone checks their Coast Guard credentials, and what happens when something goes wrong.