NY State does have the responsibility to make sure NY city recognizes the full faith and credit of the documents of the other U.S. States.
If New York State does not want to enforce reciprocity, the Tennessee is not inclined to do likewise for New Yorkers in Tennessee.
It is as simple as that.
You are talking about NY CITY laws.
Those of us in the REST of the state have NO control over NY CITY laws. Heck, we have darn little say about state law due to the concentration of population down in New York City.
Tell me again why it is OK for Tennessee to harass ME if I happen to drive in their state, when I live a couple hundred miles away from the city they have a problem with.
I’ll tell you the problem: People are too ignorant to understand that there is a CITY called New York and it is NOT the STATE of New York. Two different places, with entirely different people. We don’t even sound the same when we speak.
I guarantee you if this was about Chicago, there wouldn’t be a bunch of politicians calling for the for harassment of everyone with an Illinois plate.
But that’s OK. I just won’t spend my money in Tennessee this summer. If they don’t want me there just because my license plate says “New York” they can go screw themselves.