You don't need permission to DIY, but you don't have permission to buy the required parts and you don't get access to schematics that can help you repair it (something that was the standard, years ago).
This bill was going to make so that you could get any part you wanted, and they changed a line making it useless.
SneakySnk t1_j292tw5 wrote
Reply to comment by 0x1a3c3e7 in New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79
You don't need permission to DIY, but you don't have permission to buy the required parts and you don't get access to schematics that can help you repair it (something that was the standard, years ago).
This bill was going to make so that you could get any part you wanted, and they changed a line making it useless.