New York Codes, Rules and Regulations, Title 21

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Chapter I Waterfront Commission Of New York Harbor

Part 1 General Provisions

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21§ 1.1 Definitions in Waterfront Commission Act; gender

(a) For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions contained in the Waterfront Commission Act shall be used. Waterfront Commission Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) shall mean chapter 882 of New York Laws of 1953 and chapter 202 of New Jersey Laws of 1953, both as amended and supplemented, and shall include the Waterfront Commission Compact (part I of the Act) as consented to by chapter 407 of Public Law 252 of the 83rd Congress (August 12, 1953), and all concurrent legislation enacted by the States of New York and New Jersey pursuant to or in furtherance of the Act.

(b) All references to the masculine gender in these regulations shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21§ 1.2 Suspension of regulations

In the event of public emergency occasioned by, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of war, acts of violence or breaches of the peace, the commission may by resolution revoke or suspend, in whole or in part, any of these regulations when in its opinion the purposes of the Act will thereby be furthered or effectuated.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21§ 1.3 Impeding purposes of Act

In the event that any regulation adopted by the commission has been or is being utilized by any person to impede, obstruct or frustrate the purposes of the Act, the commission may by resolution revoke or suspend, in whole or in part, the privileges accorded to such person by such regulation when in its opinion the purposes of the Act will thereby be furthered or effectuated. Nothing contained in these regulations shall, however, abridge any statutory or constitutional right of such person.