FAA to ban drones over critical infrastructure sites in New York, governor says

(Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration plans to bar temporarily drone flights over critical infrastructure locations in New York in the face of widespread public concern, the state’s governor said late Thursday

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement she had spoken to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas who told her “the FAA plans to grant temporary flight restrictions over some of New York’s critical infrastructure sites — this action is purely precautionary; there are no threat to these sites.”

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Sandra Maler)