S.T.O.P. Condemns NYPD “Domain Awareness System 2.0”

S.T.O.P. condemns NYPD’s “Domain Awareness System 2.0” initiative announced in Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s State of the NYPD address.

View this email in your browser For Immediate Release S.T.O.P. Condemns NYPD “Domain Awareness System 2.0”    (New York, NY - 2/12/2026) - Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights organization, condemns NYPD’s “Domain Awareness System 2.0” initiative announced in Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s State of the NYPD address. The initiative includes enhanced “real-time awareness” for officers in the field through real-time alerts from license plate readers, drone footage, and other surveillance technologies. Formed through a public-private partnership with Microsoft, the DAS is an opaque surveillance command center that collects data from tens of thousands of camera feeds, license plate readers, radiological sensors, and other spyware for real-time, warrantless surveillance of New Yorkers across the city. SEE: ABC 7 NY - NYPD rolls out big changes as Commissioner Jessica Tisch says department is ‘strong’ https://abc7ny.com/post/nypd-rolls-big-changes-commissioner-jessica-tisch-says-department-is-strong/18578969/ Fox 5 NY - Tisch's 2026 State of the NYPD address: FULL https://www.fox5ny.com/video/fmc-1b6ll6k2is9po8qv “DAS 1.0 already granted the NYPD unparalleled access to track New Yorkers in our everyday lives, and DAS 2.0 is a software update we will not accept,” said Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Executive Director Michelle Dahl. “The Domain Awareness System is Tisch’s signature initiative, so it comes as no surprise she wants to make it even more powerful. This will further enable federal agencies precisely when New Yorkers’ constitutional rights are under attack by the Trump administration, threatening free speech and violating our city’s promise to be a sanctuary for immigrant communities.” In October, S.T.O.P. and Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, a leading civil rights law firm, filed a federal civil rights suit claiming that NYPD’s Domain Awareness System (DAS) unconstitutionally tracks New Yorkers. The lawsuit coincided with S.T.O.P.’s release of Dragnet City: NYPD's Omnipresent Domain Awareness System, which details the DAS’s unparalleled invasion of New Yorkers’ privacy rights. SEE: Press Release - ECBAWM, S.T.O.P. Sue NYPD For ‘Domain Awareness’ Surveillance System https://www.stopspying.org/latest-news/2025/10/28/ecbawm-stop-sue-nypd-for-domain-awareness-surveillance-system Report – Dragnet City: NYPD’s Omnipresent Domain Awareness System https://www.stopspying.org/dragnet-city The Intercept - An NYPD Camera Points Directly Into Their Bedroom. They’re Suing the City Over It. https://theintercept.com/2025/10/28/nypd-camera-mass-surveillance-lawsuit/ S.T.O.P. condemned Tisch’s appointment as NYPD Commissioner in late 2024 and reiterated the organization’s concerns after her reappointment by Mamdani, noting that public confidence in surveillance reform would be difficult to sustain without substantive commitments to transparency and civil liberties protections from day one. That concern rings even truer today as the department doubles down on opaque surveillance expansions rather than prioritizing accountable, rights-preserving public safety strategies. SEE: Press Release - S.T.O.P. Condemns Tisch NYPD Appointment https://www.stopspying.org/latest-news/2024/11/20/stop-condemns-tisch-nypd-appointment?rq=domain%20awareness%20system SEE: The New York Times - Mamdani, a Sharp Critic of Police Surveillance, Will Soon Oversee It https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/nyregion/mamdani-tisch-nypd-surveillance.html The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project is a non-profit advocacy organization and legal services provider. S.T.O.P. litigates and advocates to curb excessive government surveillance and expose its discriminatory impacts on Muslim Americans, immigrants, and communities of color. –END– Copyright © 2025 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.