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In January 2020 we received multiple inquiries from readers about online posts that claimed New York state required a specially designated stargazing permit for those wishing to take in the night sky at certain public parks. On Jan. 27 the right-leaning website Red State published an article with the headline New York Requires Citizens to Obtain ‘Stargazing Permit’ To Admire the Stars in Public Parks. That piece reported as follows: Red State's report followed a Jan. 24 post on the libertarian website Free Thought Project. The core claim in those reports — that New York state required a specially designated stargazing permit for certain public parks — was accurate. In December 2019, the New York state agency for Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation published the details of the 2020 stargazing permit, which allowed after sunset parking for stargazing only at six designated state parks on Long Island, New York: Although the stargazing permit came to prominence in January 2020, it was not new, contrary to Red State's claim that New York State recently passed a law requiring citizens to obtain a permit if they wish to gaze at the stars in public parks. In fact, the stargazing permit has been in existence since December 2016.
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