The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, killing a woman and baby, is now in federal custody and will appear in court Monday.

Reports of the incident came in just before 10.30pm on Saturday, and multiple units, including FDNY, Harbor, Scuba and Aviation, responded to the scene.

Just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, NYPD divers and FDNY responded to a call of a capsized boat off of Liberty Island.

A woman and child are reportedly dead after a boat carrying more than a dozen people capsized in New York.