MEDIA ADVISORY: Electeds, Advocates Rally Against NYPD Surveillance Violations Before City Council Hearing

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MEDIA ADVISORY


Electeds, Advocates Rally Against NYPD Surveillance Violations Before City Council Hearing

(NEW YORK, NY, 10/26/2023) – On Tuesday, October 31st at 9:00 AM EST the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), The Legal Aid Society, Brennan Center for Justice, New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés, New York Civil Liberties Union, Encode Justice, Project on Government Oversight, Policing & Social Justice Project, NYU Law Rights over Tech, and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU Law will hold a press conference and rally condemning the NYPD’s repeated violations of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act, which requires the NYPD to disclose its surveillance technologies. The event will be held ahead of a hearing by the City Council’s Committees on Technology and Public Safety, where advocates will highlight the department’s systematic violation of the law. Civil rights groups continue to demand the City Council both strengthen the POST Act and outlaw the most abusive forms of surveillance, including facial recognition and drones.

WHAT: Electeds, Advocates Rally Against NYPD Surveillance Violations Before City Council Hearing

WHO (list in formation):
  • S.T.O.P. Executive Director, Albert Fox Cahn;
  • Legal Aid Society Digital Forensics Supervising Attorney, Jerome Greco;
  • Brennan Center for Justice Liberty & National Security Counsel, Ivey Dyson;
  • New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés;
  • New York Civil Liberties Union Assistant Policy Director, Michael Sisitzky;
  • New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán (unconfirmed);
  • New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera (unconfirmed);
  • New York City Council Member Pierina Sanchez (unconfirmed);
  • New York City Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (unconfirmed);
  • New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif (unconfirmed).
WHEN: Tuesday, October 31st, 9:00 AM EST

WHERE: New York City Hall Park, Broadway & Chambers St, New York, NY 10007

CONTACT: S.T.O.P. Communications Director William Owen.

SEE: Report - NYPD Violations of the Public Oversight of
Surveillance Technology (POST) Act
https://www.stopspying.org/above-the-law

NYC Council Committee on Technology – October 31st Hearing
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1125921&GUID=B63A6B0E-7C8F-4757-AEB0-15E03C976C55&Options=info%7C&Search=

City and State - NYPD may be violating police surveillance transparency law
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/04/nypd-may-be-violating-police-surveillance-transparency-law/385173/

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