2019 Snapshot
Legislate
S.T.O.P. championed local and state privacy reforms. Our lead bill—The Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) ACT—was endorsed by 32 City Council members and the Public Advocate. Read the full report.
RESEARCH
Our reports have examined everything from U.S. Customs and Border Protection's warrantless cellphone searches on US soil, to the privacy implication's of the MTA's new OMNY radio-frequency payment solution, to the GPS-based tracking of New York City food vendors. Read the full report.
EDUCATe & ADVOCAte
Last year, team S.T.O.P. held dozens of know your rights trainings, panel discussions, and other educational events. We've built national coalitions to change the public discourse on the most pressing privacy issues in the country. Read the full report.
LITIGATe
S.T.O.P. partners with leading law firms to provide more than a million dollars in legal services, all at no cost to the client. Our 2019 cases included:
NYPD “Hijab Ban”
NYPD Cell Phone Searches
MTA Facial Recognition
MEDIA
Last year, S.T.O.P. was featured in hundreds of articles and op-eds, ranging from community papers to the front page of the Sunday New York Times. Read the full report.
