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Opposed Bills - State William Owen 5/12/23 Opposed Bills - State William Owen 5/12/23

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 - State William Owen 5/11/23 Opposed Bills - State William Owen 5/11/23

Racetrack Cameras (A297)

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

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Opposed Bills - State William Owen 5/10/23 Opposed Bills - State William Owen 5/10/23

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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Ban Big Brother, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/19/23 Ban Big Brother, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/19/23

Stop Online Police Fake Accounts and Keep Everyone Safe Act (A1083 / S5923 Cleare)

This bill would prohibit police from creating fake social media accounts and coercing people to provide social media passwords. Police use fake accounts to monitor Black Lives Matter activists and deceive children into exposing private content. See our memo of support here.

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Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/18/23 Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/18/23

Modernize the PPPL Act (A3051 Epstein / S4044 Gonzalez)

This bill would narrow law enforcement exemptions in the Personal Privacy Protection Law (PPPL) to require a warrant and expands the law to cover local agencies. New Yorkers should not have to choose between receiving government benefits and maintaining privacy. See our memo of support here.

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Priority Bills - City Development 4/17/23 Priority Bills - City Development 4/17/23

NYPD Out of Ring Neighbors Bill (Not Yet Introduced)

This bill would end the partnership between the NYPD and Amazon that allows the NYPD to participate in the ring neighbors program.

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Ban Big Brother, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/17/23 Ban Big Brother, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/17/23

A2565 Dinowitz / S1531 Parker Electronic Communication Privacy Act (S4996 Parker)

Creates the New York electronic communications privacy act; requires government agents and agencies to obtain a search warrant for physical or electronic access to electronic device information.

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Comprehensive Privacy, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/16/23 Comprehensive Privacy, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/16/23

Digital Fairness Act (S4276 Kavanagh)

Enacts the "digital fairness act"; requires any entity that conducts business in New York and maintains the personal information of 500 or more individuals to provide meaningful notice about their use of personal information; establishes unlawful discriminatory practices relating to targeted advertising.

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Ban Big Brother, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/15/23 Ban Big Brother, Priority Bills - State William Owen 4/15/23

OMNY Privacy Act (S4886 Gonzalez)

This bill would prohibit New York transit authorities and their vendors from sharing fare payment data with police without a warrant. It also requires a cash payment option for transit cards in each station with a capped cost, protecting unbanked New Yorkers from a privacy/poverty tax. See our memo of support here.

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Opposed Bills - City William Owen 4/13/23 Opposed Bills - City William Owen 4/13/23

Encouraging use of Drones to inspect buildings (Intro 0452-2022)

This bill would require the Department of Buildings (DOB) to establish a pilot program for the use of drones, in conjunction with physical examinations and close-up inspections, in the inspection of building façades. See our memo of opposition here.

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Ban the Scan William Owen 4/12/23 Ban the Scan William Owen 4/12/23

Public Accommodations Biometrics Ban (A6211 Simone/ S8004 May)

This bill would prohibit the implementation of any biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in public accommodation sites.

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Opposed Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23 Opposed Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23

Parole Body Cameras (S1763)

This bill would require certain employees of the New York state department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras.

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Opposed Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23 Opposed Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23

Trash Dumping Cameras (A3709 / S1552)

This bill would authorize certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping.

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Opposed Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23 Opposed Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23

ADS Hiring bill (A567 / S5641)

This bill would establish criteria for the use of automated employment decision tools; provides for enforcement for violations of such criteria.

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Opposed Bills - City William Owen 4/12/23 Opposed Bills - City William Owen 4/12/23

Litter Basket Surveillance (Intro 0723-2022)

This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) install surveillance cameras in each community district to identify any person depositing household refuse in a public litter basket.

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Opposed Bills - City William Owen 4/12/23 Opposed Bills - City William Owen 4/12/23

Street Sweeper Surveillance (Intro 0670-2022)

This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to install a camera on each street sweeper, which would photograph and report a parking violation, to the DSNY Commissioner who would report the violation to the Department of Finance (DOF) and NYPD for enforcement.

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Supported Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23 Supported Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23

50-A Database Bill (A4563 Epstein / S5248 Brisport)

This bill would require the division of criminal justice services to publish a public, searchable database of police infractions misconduct complaints on its website.

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William Owen 4/12/23 William Owen 4/12/23

S. 8428 / A. 9050 50-A Enforcement bill

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Supported Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23 Supported Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23

Utility Privacy Act (A6966 Cunningham / S2710 Parker)

This bill would prohibit law enforcement from obtaining an individual’s electrical or gas consumption data without a court-ordered subpoena, warrant or the individual’s written consent.

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Supported Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23 Supported Bills - State William Owen 4/12/23

Drone Disarmament Act (A6954 Mitaynes / S3097 Brisport)

This bill would prohibit police agencies from using robots that are weaponized, robots that are non-weaponized but dangerous, or robots used for surveillance.

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