MEDIA ADVISORY: Electeds, Advocates Rally Against NYPD Surveillance Violations Before City Council Hearing

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MEDIA ADVISORY


Electeds, Advocates Rally Against NYPD Surveillance Violations Before City Council Hearing

(NEW YORK, NY, 12/15/2023) – Today at 12 PM EST the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), The Legal Aid Society, New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán, Brennan Center for Justice, New York City Council Member Amanda Farías, The Policing & Social Justice Project, New York City Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, Warriors in the Garden, NYU Law Rights over Tech, The Policing Project, and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU Law will hold a press conference and rally condemning the NYPD’s repeated violations of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act, which requires the NYPD to disclose its surveillance technologies. The event will be held ahead of a hearing by the City Council’s Committees on Technology and Public Safety, where advocates will highlight the department’s systematic violation of the law. The hearing has been postponed three times already on account of the NYPD.

WHAT: Electeds, Advocates Rally Against NYPD Surveillance Violations Before City Council Hearing

WHO:
  • S.T.O.P. Legal Director, David Siffert;
  • Legal Aid Society Digital Forensics Supervising Attorney, Jerome Greco;
  • New York City Council Member Amanda Farías;
  • Brennan Center for Justice Liberty & National Security Counsel, Ivey Dyson;
  • Warriors In The Garden Co-Founder, Derrick “Dwreck” Ingram;
  • New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán;
  • New York City Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (unconfirmed).
WHEN: Friday, December 15th, 12:00 PM EST

WHERE: New York City Hall Park, Broadway & Chambers St, New York, NY 10007

CONTACT: S.T.O.P. Communications Director William Owen.

SEE: NYC Council Committee on Technology – December 15th Hearing
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1137004&GUID=FB045675-8E38-4CB7-82BF-0B7CE8E7E86A&Options=info|&Search=

Tech Policy Press - No More Surprise NYPD Robots
https://www.techpolicy.press/no-more-surprise-nypd-robots/

City and State - NYPD may be violating police surveillance transparency law
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/04/nypd-may-be-violating-police-surveillance-transparency-law/385173/

Report - NYPD Violations of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act
https://www.stopspying.org/above-the-law
 

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