You would not get arrested if you broke the law...just fined...
So you agree with me this part of the law is probably the most ridiculous of all: (after the first offense, you are likely done with the hobby):
§ 57-23 Penalties for offenses.
A. Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New
York, punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment for a
term not exceeding fifteen days for the first offense; (2) a fine not exceeding
$1,000.00 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen days for a second
offense occurring within the first year of the first offense; (3) a fine not exceeding
$1,500.00 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen days for a third
offense occurring within eighteen months of the first offense; or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
An appearance ticket is an arrest. Yet another method to "encourage" citizens to comply so they get released from custody and taken out of handcuffs and issued a summons to show up in court rather than get taken down to the Nassau County correctional center. How about changing the laws to indicate "citation only" meaning arrest or appearance ticket is prohibited on first offense? It isn't enough to explain to the drone community that you "won't get arrested, just fined."
do you agree with the regulation regarding flying over people?
Oh look who changing the topic now; I guess it's ok if it proves your point.
I agree with the popular interpretation of the regulation for flying over people for recreational pilots by the FAA and my CBO. For now, I'm fine with it and I obey it because I know (unlike the city law where intent is N/A) this is likely to change (a different topic so I won't get into it here...but I'm ok with the topic changing slightly even though you aren't). I'm ok with the regulation for flying over people as long as the educated federal law enforcement officers are the only ones that can interpret the intent and enforce it. If anyone infers that local law enforcement can enforce it then NO I'm not ok with it. If you will notice, the city was pretty careful not to add any of the FAA regulations (such as flying over people) into their law. You don't see anything about registration or TRUST either. No police officer has any business legally enforcing any of those elements but I guess they have new drone powers which are clearly enumerated in 57-22.