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Department of investigation’s oversight of the police department use of surveillance technology.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2023-09-28
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2023-09-28Passed: 2023-12-31
Summary
The Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act was enacted by City Council in 2020 and requires the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to evaluate and report on surveillance technologies used by the Department. This legislation would add new provisions to the law which would require that the NYPD, upon request, provide the Department of Investigation (DOI) with an itemized list of all surveillance technologies currently used by the Department, and provide information on all data access and retention policies for data collected by such technologies. In addition, the legislation requires that the NYPD provide DOI with quarterly updates on all newly acquired or discontinued surveillance technologies and updates to any data access and retention policies established in recently executed contracts for surveillance technologies.
Committee on Public Safety — Police Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-09-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-09-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-12-15 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-12-15 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-12-15 · Committee on Technology
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-12-15 · Committee on Technology
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (9)
Committee on Technology · 2023-12-15 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2023-12-15 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Technology · 2023-10-31 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2023-10-31 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Technology · 2023-10-11 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2023-10-11 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2023-09-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Technology · 2023-09-27 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2023-09-27 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
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Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 14-188 of the administrative code of the city of New York as added by local law number 65 for the year 2020 is amended by adding a new subdivisions g and h to read as follows:
g. Upon request, the department shall provide the commissioner of investigation with prompt access to the following information:
1. an itemized list of all surveillance technologies currently used by the department, including specifications of the functionality of each such technology, the types of data collected by each such technology, and which department unit maintains control of information collected by each such technology;
2. any access and retention policies for data collected by surveillance technologies utilized by the department;
3. any access and retention policies for data collected by surveillance technologies utilized by the department that are included in existing contracts with entities from which the department procures such surveillance technologies.
h. No later than January 15, 2024, and quarterly thereafter, the department shall provide the commissioner of investigation with an list all surveillance technologies that were newly acquired by the department or which the department discontinued using during the prior quarter, and all access and retention policies for data collected by such surveillance technologies included in any executed contracts with entities form which the department procured such surveillance technology during the prior quarter.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LS 11389
9/19/23
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