while you can remove the compensator you still have a NY non- compliant gun becaues of the threaded barrel see *****Semi-automatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have ******one or more of the following features:
1. Folding / telescoping stock
2. Pistol grip
3. Thumbhole stock
4. Fore-grip
5. Bayonet lug
6. Flash suppressor
7. Muzzle brake
8. Muzzle compensator
*******9. Threaded barrel
10. Grenade launcher
11. Over 10 round capacity budsgunshop.com/catalog/feeds/state_reg/new_york_restrictions.pdf

Jeff, they are removable from the threaded muzzle but it is the "Threaded Barrel" that is the restriction which is why the NY Compliant models do not have "Threaded Barrels". budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/4043/springfield+m1a+ld+std+762+%2any%2a+wal --- Details here : (budsgunshop.com/catalog/feeds/state_reg/new_york_restrictions.pdf)