Who monitors drones in the U.S.?

New York Governor Kathy Hochul weighed in on the New York drone sighting, saying on social media, this time there is no evidence that these drones pose a public safety or national security threat.

Jonathan Ruprecht is a drone attorney, FAA certified commercial pilot and flight instructor.

He says it's not illegal to fly a drone in the United States , especially at night .

The FA has granted over 1,000,000 authorizations for drones to fly lawfully near airports.

There's nothing illegal about having an 8 foot drone flying around, right? And so it could be an individual that is trying to do reconnaissance.

At the same time, we have many lawful people flying lawfully all the time, helping people and save lives.

The federal law is the supreme law of the land, but that is not given to the state and local.

The idea is you just don't want the federal government having to constantly deal with all of these state and.

local laws and trying to implement everything and that it's going to supersede.

Sometimes drones go fly somewhere else and that causes an over concentration, potentially creating more risk here.