Gaughran: 'Very dangerous activity on our waterways' must be deterred

By Michael Gormley with Newsday

Originally published in Newsday

State legislators are proposing a law that would make a felony of boating while drunk when children are aboard, and another that would suspend an automobile driver’s license upon conviction of drunken boating.

“This is going to make it very clear,” said Sen. James Gaughran (D-Northport) on Monday at an announcement in Huntington. “We have to deter this very dangerous activity on our waterways.”

Gaughran is working with the Assembly, which has similar bills. The legislators plan to craft a single measure that could be adopted in each chamber. The legislative session begins Jan. 1.

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