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Protect Our Privacy “POP” Act (Police Drone Ban) (A5251 Kim / S4162 Ramos)

This bill would ban police use of drones except for search and rescue operations. See our memo of support here.

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Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffApril 11, 2023
Police Consent to Search Request Reporting Act (Intro 0538-2022, Hudson)

This bill would require the NYPD to report on instances in which a person denied a police search.

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Supported Bills - Citycommunications staffApril 10, 2023
Police Encounter Reporting Act (Intro 0586-2022, Williams)

This bill would require NYPD to release quarterly, detailed reports on investigative encounters between police and civilians.

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Supported Bills - Citycommunications staffApril 10, 2023
Cell Site Simulator Ban (A6143 Carroll / S5825 Brisport)

This bill would prohibit cell-site simulators, which let police track large numbers of phones at protests and other sensitive sites. See our memo of support here.

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Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffApril 10, 2023
Public Procurement Database Act (Intro 0514-2022, Stevens/Won)

These bills would increase transparency in the public procurement process, including creating a database of procurement contracts.

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Supported Bills - CityMahi AApril 9, 2023
New York For All Act (A5686 Reyes / S987 Gounardes)

This bill would prohibit New York’s state and local government agencies from colluding with ICE, disclosing data, and diverting resources to further federal immigration enforcement. This bill is essential to make New York a true sanctuary state. See our memo of support here.

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Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffApril 9, 2023
Unofficial DNA Database Ban (A1877 Zinerman / S998 Hoylman-Sigal)

This bill requires police to stop using any DNA database other than New York’s official DNA index. New York City and other localities maintain illegal DNA databases which are ripe for abuse. These databases let police trick New Yorkers, including young children, to expose their DNA, potentially keeping it forever.


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Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffApril 8, 2023
DNA Phenotyping Ban (A4965 Rosenthal / S226 Gianaris)

This bill would ban police use of DNA phenotyping to predict what the suspect of a crime might look like, including what race they may be. New York must ban this dangerous pseudoscience before it leads to wrongful arrests and convictions. 

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Priority Bills - Statecommunications staffApril 7, 2023
ASIMOV Act (Not Yet Introduced)

This bill would ban weaponized drones.

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Priority Bills - Citycommunications staffMarch 1, 2023
Abolish Gang Database (Intro 0798-2024, Stevens)

This bill would require NYPD to abolish its current Criminal Group Database and prohibit the use of any other surveillance and criminalization tools predicated on association, including gang or crew labels.

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Priority Bills - CityMahi ANovember 3, 2022
NDO Fairness Act – Google bill
Supported Bills-CongressMahi ASeptember 12, 2022
Right to Physical Keys Act (Intro 0695-2022, Rivera)

This bill would require landlords to give tenants the right to enter via a physical key as opposed to electronic entry.

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Supported Bills - CityMahi AAugust 5, 2022
Independent Police Accountability Act (A5528 Richardson / S268 Myrie)

This bill would allow municipalities to create disciplinary processes for police officers such that the department or its commissioner do not get final say in the process.

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Supported Bills - StateMahi AAugust 4, 2022
Perp Walk Ban (Intro 0635-2018, Dromm)

This bill would ban NYPD from staging perp walk photoshoots with suspects.

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Supported Bills - CityMahi AAugust 4, 2022
Banning FR in police body-worn cameras (A3712 Epstein / S3226 Hoylman-Sigal)

This bill would prohibit facial recognition technology to be used in connection with an officer camera used by both local and state police including the storage of biometric data.

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Supported Bills - Statecommunications staffAugust 1, 2022
Ban Smart Chip in NYC ID (Intro 1706-2019, Menchaca)

This bill would ban the use of smart chips in NYC ID.

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Supported Bills - CityMahi AMarch 1, 2021
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