I'm not referring the the article specifically, In general most crypto exchanges active in the US ban or extremely limit NY residents. Even on highly legit exchanges like Coinbase a huge part of their crypto offerings is unavailable to NY.

That is because of these burdensome "You-need-us-to-protect-you-because-you-are-not-smart-enough-to-make-educated-choices" crypto laws.

There are lots of different ways to ensure "scam" cryptos don't end up in NY. Being overly restrictive doesn't help NY'ers at all.