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.
Read MoreThis bill is a comprehensive privacy bill regulating the government.
Read MoreThis bill would end the partnership between the NYPD and Amazon that allows the NYPD to participate in the ring neighbors program.
Read MoreThis bill is a comprehensive privacy bill, regulating private entities.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis bill would prohibit law enforcement use of biometric surveillance, such as facial recognition. Facial recognition software is biased, broken, and antithetical to a democratic society. It is up to 100 more likely to misidentify women of color than white men. Numerous people, disproportionately Black, have been wrongly arrested after being misidentified through facial recognition.
Read MoreThis bill would prohibit the use of facial recognition by landlords on all premises.
Read MoreThis bill would prohibit the implementation of any biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in public accommodation sites.
Read MoreThis bill would require certain employees of the New York state department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras.
Read MoreThis bill would authorize certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping.
Read MoreThis bill would establish criteria for the use of automated employment decision tools; provides for enforcement for violations of such criteria.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis bill would require the division of criminal justice services to publish a public, searchable database of police infractions misconduct complaints on its website.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis 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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