It shall be unlawful to throw, discharge, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be thrown, discharged, or deposited either from or out of any vessel, or from the shore dock, wharf or establishment of any kind, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever, into the port harbor or waters of the Hudson River.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 800.28