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Posted by BMTLines on Mon Aug 23 22:42:22 2010, in response to Re: PATH and Photography, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 23 22:36:10 2010. The reason photography is legal in the subway is because somebody did follow it. Until 1994, photography was prohibited by MTA policy and New York state law. The reason it isn't today and hasn't been for the last 16 years is because somebody got arrested/ticketed for violating it, challenged the law, and had it declared unconstitutional. I didn't just make up that advice, you know— I may not be a lawyer, but I know how to cite precedents.That is actually partially correct. IIRC a woman was fined when she took pictures of safety violations at a station. The resulting press coverage trashed the MTA for issuing the ticket. The MTA caved when the NYCLU threatened to go to court over the issue. It seems that the MTA attorneys were not up for a constitutional challenge. The MTA caved again when they tried to reinstate the ban and the NYCLU threatened to sue over it once more. Ironically it took another arrest, and subsequent settlement, before the NYPD finally started easing up on subway photographers last year. |
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