Personal Watercraft Insurance News, A Push to Clear Abandoned Boats From New York’s
Hurricane Sandy exacerbated what has been an intractable problem for decades: the large numbers of abandoned boats polluting some of the nation’s busiest waterways. After Hurricane Sandy, the city had about 115 boats that posed immediate public safety hazards removed from waterways
But many more remain. Mr. Grove put the tally around 600 citywide, but he said a precise count was unavailable in part because no single agency was responsible for taking them away. Recreational boaters, environmental advocates and even government officials have long complained that it was a nearly impossible task.
