Requests received by superintendents for permission to take photographs or make pictures, either still or motion, of any correctional facility or of any of the activities therein, shall be forwarded to the commissioner or his or her designee. Such requests will not be approved where the pictures or photographs are to be used for commercial purposes unrelated to the gathering of news.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 7 § 51.2