There are hidden drawers inside the table. Raising it up would make it like a counter-height kitchen island. Their kitchen table, where much of their work would be conducted, is height-adjustable via an electronic control. Their couch, for example, can be transformed into a queen-size bed for guests. Moving on to the living space furniture, you see that it all has storage built into it and is on wheels to make rearranging possible. I'm quite geeky in terms of hardware," Robert said. Rosa and Robert Garneau's Chelsea apartment is small- just 550 square feet of usable space with a bedroom just 8 feet wide-, but they can both work from home. He said that some of the cabinets and hardware they employ to make their space function well is "a lot like living in a ship where everything is precise."Įven his closest clothing rods have special hardware that allows them to be pulled down for easy access. The knife on the right has a blade of about 2.5 inches, but with its extremely worn-out hinge, it could easily lead to arrest under the NYPD’s view of the gravity knife statute.".yeah, it's a little bit more than what you would have to pay normally but it's so liberating in what you can do with it."Ĭabinets in the bathroom are hidden because the whole room is covered in the same blue mosaic tiles. The knife on the left has a blade that’s just barely under four inches, measured from the end of the wooden handle, and is perfectly legal to own and even carry on your person in the city.
They’re probably more difficult to conceal, but only marginally.Īs a visual aid, here are two examples. They can arguably be brandished even faster. But the same, of course, can be said of fixed-blade knives. It was part of the rationale for passing these laws to begin with.
Historically, knives that can be flicked open or otherwise quickly brandished have been seen as more dangerous, because they’re ready for violence in a split second. I originally bought Ammo NYC Frothe for its intended purpose of doing a waterless/hoseless wash during the winter inside my garage.
“Gravity knives,” on the other hand - which under the legal interpretation used by law enforcement in NYC can include virtually any folding knife - are “per se” weapons, illegal even to have in one’s own home. As he or she points out, non-folding knives of four inches or less are perfectly legal to carry anywhere in New York City, unless you have unlawful intent. Tagio is right that the laws in New York make a strong distinction between folding knives and “fixed blade” knives, those that don’t fold. “I am surprised, however, that the author did not further illustrate the absurdity of the law by contrasting, in greater detail, the illegal ‘gravity knife’ with the perfectly legal unless you have unlawful intent sub-4″ fixed blade knife …” Here’s what the reader, “Tagio,” had to say: But one point we didn’t touch on in detail were the knives that are legal. We talked a lot about New York’s gravity knife statute, and how it has been interpreted by law enforcement in New York City to encompass virtually every pocketknife on the market today. See also: Blade Stunner: How a ’50s-Era New York Knife Law Landed Thousands in Jail, Padded Stop-and-Frisk Numbers, and Brought Right and Left Togetherīut a reader pointed out something the other day that bears following up on. Our cover story this week is about the thousands of people arrested in New York City in recent years for possession of common folding knives.Ĭonstructions workers, plumbers, coffee shop workers - even a Bible camp counselor - have all been caught up in what many critics say is an unfair interpretation of a law first passed in 1956. Best Swiss Army Knife for Camping: Victorinox Swiss Champ Swiss Army Knife. Best Swiss Army Knife for EDC Grooming: Victorinox Nail Clip 580 Swiss Army Knife. Photo Credit: aarongilson via Compfight cc Smallest, Most Useful SAK for EDC: Victorinox MiniChamp Alox Swiss Army Knife. You can legally carry some pretty serious knives in New York City.