Advocates & Elected Officials Hold Online Press Conference, Call on Public To Condemn NYPD Draft Surveillance Policies Before Feb. 25 Deadline

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View this email in your browser MEDIA ADVISORY Advocates & Elected Officials Hold Online Press Conference, Call on Public To Condemn NYPD Draft Surveillance Policies Before Feb. 25 Deadline NEW YORK, N.Y. – On Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:30 AM EST The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), the Legal Aid Society, The Immigrant Defense Project, New York Civil Liberties Union, National Lawyers Guild, and Fight for the Future will hold an online press conference to call on the public to condemn the NYPD’s draft surveillance policies ahead of the February 25th’submission deadline. The draft policies were published pursuant to the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act. The POST Act, which was passed last year, requires the NYPD to publish policies for every surveillance tool it uses, but advocates say the NYPD’s policies fail to comply and are filled with errors and boiler-plate text. WHAT: NYC Advocates & Elected Officials Hold Online Press Conference, Call on Public To Condemn NYPD Draft Surveillance Policies Before Deadline.   WHO: S.T.O.P. Executive Director, Albert Fox Cahn; New York City Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams (unconfirmed); Brennan Center for Justice Liberty and National Security Program Counsel Ángel Díaz; Legal Aid Society Digital Forensics Supervising Attorney, Jerome Greco; New York City Councilmember, Vanessa Gibson (unconfirmed); National Action Network NYC Field Director Derek Perkinson; New York City Councilmember, Brad Lander (unconfirmed); Immigrant Defense Project Senior Policy Associate, Jose Chapa; NAACP Policy Counsel, Katurah Topps (unconfirmed); New York Civil Liberties Union Senior Policy Counsel, Michael Sisitzky; National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee Co-Chair, Erica Johnson; Fight for the Future Campaign Director, Caitlin Seeley George.  WHEN: Tuesday, February 23rd, 10:30-11:30 AM EST   WHERE:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N--_ysD5Q3SyxFGLU2CEmw   CONTACT: S.T.O.P. Communications Associate William Owen SEE: NYPD Draft POST Act Policies https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/about/about-nypd/public-comment.page   POST Act Comment Page https://www.postact.org/   S.T.O.P. report on POST Act and other local surveillance laws https://www.stopspying.org/ccops     ### Copyright © 2019 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.