N.Y. Canal Law § 85
The corporation shall prescribe and enforce rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, governing navigation on the canals and for the use of the terminals connected with the canals and for the use of all other property of the corporation under the corporation's control and maintained as a part of the canal system. The corporation shall provide rules and regulations for the government of all employees under its control, engaged in the improvement, repair and maintenance of the canals. It shall cause such rules and regulations to be printed and a copy filed in the office of the department of state and a sufficient number distributed to the various district engineers and other field officers to be kept in their respective offices for public inspection.
N.Y. Canal Law § 85