THE MANDATORY ALT BTWN VINGS AND DANDY ON THE ILS RWY 6 TO TETERBORO; NJ; IS MISSED BY A CPR PLT WHO HELD HIS LAST ASSIGNED ALT UNTIL GS INTERCEPT AFTER BEING CLRED FOR THE APCH.

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ON APCH TO TETERBORO; NJ; WE WERE GIVEN A TA FOR TFC AT 1900 FT; AND WERE TOLD WE COULD DECREASE OUR DSCNT. AFTER CLRING THE TFC; WE LEVELED AT 2000 FT WITH NEW YORK APCH. AT THAT TIME WE BRIEFED THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 1 AS THE WINDS WERE 330 DEGS AT 18 KTS GUSTING TO 28 KTS; AND OUR ACFT HAS A 24 KT XWIND LIMIT. OUR CLRNC WAS THEN CHANGED TO THE ILS RWY 6 APCH; AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE WINDS WERE NOW 330 DEGS AT 12 KTS. THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE AS IT WAS WITHIN ACFT LIMITATIONS. WE STAYED AT 2000 FT AND ELECTED TO INTERCEPT THE GS FROM THAT ALT; AS IS COMMON PRACTICE. WHEN DSNDING THROUGH 1700 FT; TETERBORO TWR CALLED US AND SAID THAT WE MISSED THE 1500 FT MANDATORY ALT AT DANDY; A FIX ON THE RWY 6 APCH. WE ASSUMED THAT CLRNC FOR THE APCH DELETED THE ALT RESTR. WITH ALL THE TFC IN THE NEW YORK AREA; AND THE AIR CREWS TRYING TO KEEP VISUAL SEPARATION AS WELL AS RADAR SEPARATION; IT WOULD BE BETTER IF NEW YORK APCH WOULD BRING YOU DOWN TO 1500 FT TO AVOID THE POSSIBLE CONFUSION AT DANDY. I HAVE MADE MANY ILS APCHS; AND DON'T RECALL ANY MANDATORY ALT. WHILE DEPARTING TETERBORO THE NEXT DAY; THE RADAR CTLR MADE A COMMENT TO ANOTHER ACFT ABOUT READING THE FINE PRINT ON THE SID. WITH ALL THE TFC IN THE NEW YORK AREA; I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANY FINE PRINT. WE SHOULD TRY TO GET RID OF THOSE TRAPS.