No. This is not going to help the Bitcoin community in any way. If the NYDFS gets some 200 or 300 companies to register for their BitLicense (each of them paying $5,000 to $7,000 per year in fee), then the other states will also be tempted to follow their example. In the end, the Bitcoin exchanges and other ventures will be forced to raise their fees, resulting in less number of people using their services.
I never looked it from that angle, but you're right, it's quite possible that it would only make a stronger incentive for further increase in fee's, and if
all of the rest states see that it's profitable, they may just copy paste NY example.
For now it seams that ignoring such regulation is the best answer, and just move the business to the "more friendly" states that don't impose such harsh fee which
just clogs the chances of the businesses being profitable.