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Ban On Third-Party Location Data Sharing (Intro 539-2024, Brannan/Cabán)
Supported Bills - Citycommunications staffFebruary 7, 2025
POST Act Update - DOI Reporting (Intro 168-2024, Farías/Won)

This bill requires the NYPD, upon request, to provide the Department of Investigation with a list of the surveillance technology they currently use and data collected. It requires them to provide quarterly updates on that information.

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Legislative Wins - Citycommunications staffFebruary 7, 2025
POST Act Update - Impact and Use (Intro 480-2024, Won/Brewer)

This bill clarifies the language of the POST Act for increased transparency in NYPD’s required “Impact and Use.”

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Legislative Wins - Citycommunications staffFebruary 7, 2025
Ban On Biometric Surveillance in Schools (A8853 Wallace / S3827 Hoylman-Sigal)
Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffFebruary 5, 2025
FOIL Attorney's Fee Act (A950 Steck / S1418 Liu)
Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffFebruary 5, 2025
FOIL Timeline Act (A3425 Raga / S2520 Skoufis)
Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffFebruary 5, 2025
Excited Delirium Ban (A00697 Gonzalez-Rojas / S01714 Brouk)
Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffFebruary 5, 2025
Biometrics / Facial Recognition - Residential Landlord Ban (Intro 425-2024, Rivera/Sanchez)

This bill would ban landlords from using facial recognition and other biometric entrance systems.

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Priority Bills - CityMahi AFebruary 28, 2024Facial Recognition, Biometrics
Biometrics / Facial Recognition - Public Accommodations Ban (Intro 217-2024, Hanif/Gutiérrez)

This bill would ban storefronts and other public accommodations from using facial recognition in surveillance cameras and other biometric surveillance, creating a private right of action for violations.

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Priority Bills - CityMahi AFebruary 28, 2024Facial Recognition, Biometrics
Health Data Protection Act (A4983 Rosenthal / S158 Krueger)

This bill would mandate the protection of health information; require communications to individuals about their health information; and require written consent for the processing of an individual's health information. See our memo of support here.

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Supported Bills - Statecommunications staffJuly 13, 2023
New York Privacy Act (A7423A / S365)

This bill would enact the New York privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared.

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Opposed Bills - Statecommunications staffJune 12, 2023
Email Account ID Authentication (A2357 / S4850)

This bill would require e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's identity when such individual creates a new e-mail account. See our memo of opposition here.

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Opposed Bills - Statecommunications staffJune 11, 2023
Encourages use of Facial Recognition in stores for alcohol/tobacco (A2621 / S6656)

This bill would encourage stores to use facial recognition technology to ensure purchasers of alcohol and cigarettes are of legal age. See our sign-on letter here. See our memo of opposition here.

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Opposed Bills - StateMahi AJune 4, 2023
Criminalizing photoshopped lewd content (A4217 / S5583)

This bill would criminalize photoshopped lewd content, including satire. See our memo of opposition here.

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Opposed Bills - StateMahi AJune 1, 2023
Digital Outing of Children Bill (A936)

This bill would disclose to a parent the personal information and content about a minor collected by an operator of an internet platform when a parent requests such information.

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Opposed Bills - Statecommunications staffMay 31, 2023
Digital Censoring of Children Bill (A927 / S2319)

This bill would prevent interactive computer service providers from knowingly or negligently promoting developed content that is dangerous or otherwise injurious to minors; assesses a civil penalty to social media networks that knowingly or negligently promote such content.

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Opposed Bills - Statecommunications staffMay 30, 2023
Cameras in for-hire vehicles (A2806 / S2379)

This bill would require certain for-hire vehicles to install and maintain an interior rear-facing video camera.

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Opposed Bills - Statecommunications staffMay 12, 2023
Racetrack Cameras (A297)

This bill would require the installation and use of surveillance cameras in all racetracks.

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Opposed Bills - Statecommunications staffMay 11, 2023
DOC Body Cameras (A3875 / S2408)

This bill relates to establishing a pilot program for the use of body-worn cameras on certain correction officers.

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Opposed Bills - Statecommunications staffMay 10, 2023
Biometrics / Facial Recognition - Government Ban (Not Yet Introduced)

This bill would ban New York City government use of biometrics, creating a private right of action for violations.

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Priority Bills - CityMahi AApril 21, 2023Facial Recognition, Biometrics
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