[danso]

My office is in the same building as the NYC's counter-terrorism command center and is well-patrolled by uniformed and plainclothes officers.

But the check-in process is not at all stringent in the way that the OP describes. So no, this is not "standard practice."

Edit: I see you meant that "standard practice" involved a check-in on a list to get a badge. OK, no disagreement there. We'd have to hear more from the OP about the list of names sent to Yelp before the event before saying more.