photographer's rights

Someone took a photo of A-Rod while he was on the toilet in his Park Avenue apartment.

Taking photos or videos in public is perfectly legal. Breaking someone else's camera is not, as far as we can tell, legal.

The NYPD brass felt compelled to send out a stern reminder to officers about these facts earlier this month.

"I knew I had the right to record a public building from a public street, and when challenged I stood up for those rights," film student Justin Thomas said in a statement.

You may now stand on the sidewalk outside your neighbors' windows and take as many thrilling photos of them watching "House of Cards" as your heart desires.

"I was up on the balcony at the station and I started filming what they were doing...I was asked ridiculous questions and one of the cops swiped at my phone at one point." [Update Below]

"His eyes got big when he saw the video. He went to go show his boss, and then they took my phone away." He added that the officer told him not to speak with the media.

Photography is permitted at the 9/11 memorial, but it sounds like someone forgot to tell Officer Mark DeSimone.

A photographer says that security at the Coney Island Scream Zone—which is located on city-owned land—told him he couldn't take photos.

Joey Boots told us more details about his incident with MTA cops on Wednesday: "I'm a law-abiding citizen, a veteran, not out to harass anybody, but I am out to exercise my first amendment rights."