The fuel leaked from a truck Friday morning just south of the New York Waterway ferry terminal in Weehawken.
50 gallons of diesel spilled out of the truck into a storm drain, and about a third of that made its way into the Hudson River.
Boats and containment booms are working to soak up the diesel oil.
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