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Int 0168-2024

Department of investigation’s oversight of the police department use of surveillance technology.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2024-02-28Local Law 2025/054

Enacted as Local Law 2025/054.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-02-28Passed: 2025-05-10Enacted: 2025-05-10

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 semiannual 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 SafetyPolice 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.

How it compares

22% of similar bills passed

11 passed · 39 died

This bill: 406 days in committee

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Sponsors (22)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-02-19 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-02-19 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-02-19 · Committee on Technology
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-02-19 · Committee on Technology
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-02-19 · Committee on Oversight and Investigations
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-02-19 · Committee on Oversight and Investigations
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-04-10 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-04-10 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-04-10 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-04-10 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-04-10 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-04-10 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-05-10 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-05-12 · City Council

Votes (11)

Aye (11)
Yusef SalaamCarmen N. De La RosaTiffany L. CabánJoann Ariola Diana I. AyalaRobert F. HoldenRita C. JosephChristopher MarteChi A. OsséAlthea V. StevensCarlina Rivera

Heard at (6)

City Council · 2025-04-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2025-04-10 · 10:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Oversight and Investigations · 2025-02-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2025-02-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Technology · 2025-02-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2024-02-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (22)

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 is amended by adding new subdivisions j and k to read as follows: j. 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 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; and 2. any access and retention policies for data collected by surveillance technologies used by the department, including any access and retention policies included in contracts with entities from which the department procures such surveillance technologies. k. No later than July 1, 2025, and semiannually thereafter, the department shall provide the commissioner of investigation with a list of all surveillance technologies that were acquired by the department, or which the department discontinued using, during the prior six months, and all access and retention policies for data collected by such surveillance technologies included in any executed contracts with entities from which the department procured such surveillance technology during the prior six months. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. Session 13 JDK LS 11389 4.9.25 2