Peter R. wrote:


How did you coordinate this with ATC? Was it simply a matter of being
cleared into the class B airspace for aerial photography?

Sure. Or don't mention the photography bit.

The pictures I have are nothing like the quality of Lee's pictures, but I
did this run a couple of months ago:

http://gideon.org/andrew/PhotoAlbum/Flying/Hudson/3/

Am I correct in
assuming that this would not be allowed anymore?

Nope.

BTW, recalling our exchange in this group about the Hudson River corridor,
I flew down to the corridor yesterday (Sunday) specifically to fly up the
East River side.

Wow, does one have to make a steep turn south of Roosevelt Island to be
able to turn around! Much more narrow than the Hudson River side.

With a clearance, you can make your life easier. As you'll read on the
above cited page, Approach gave me a nice trip down the east river with no
problem at all. I even had my own controller grin.

A page with a fair bit of information on overflying NYC is:

http://www.carneyaviation.com/nyctour/nyctour.htm

- Andrew