Dogs on Coastal Trail in winter

Am I out of line for expecting dogs to still be on leash on the coastal trail in the winter? I spent the entire summer running on the coastal trail with my dogs and never had issues. I returned today and found myself being inundated with off leash dogs and owners that don’t have any apologies about their lack of recall when I politely ask them to put their dogs on a leash. There were times (around Westchester lagoon - yes I know it was terrible timing with the ice skating event that I didn’t know was happening) that a dog approached us and I couldn’t even tell who the owner was bc they were SO far away. Is it just socially acceptable that dogs are off leash there during the winter? I’m just trying to comprehend if this is common or if it was just a bad day, cause if it’s normal then I’ll just avoid it with my dogs for the rest of the winter. On the plus side - saw a moose