Governor Kathy Hochul wants to equip every subway car in the Big Apple with a pair of surveillance cameras, she announced Tuesday.
The state-controlled Authority will foot $3.5 million of the bill, while a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will cover the remaining cost.“If you prey on New Yorkers or you commit vandalism or damage MTA facilities, we’re going to have pictures of you, and the NYPD is going to find you, gonna catch you, and gonna punish you,” MTA Chairperson and CEO Janno Lieber said.
“It’s like the equivalent of a check engine light, so we’re doing that all over the bus and subway system, so I have a high level of confidence,” Lieber added. “Big brother’s spying never prevented crime before, and it won’t start now. This tech has failed us too many times to count,” said Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director of the group the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. “This surveillance theater won’t just put New Yorkers at risk, it’s ripe for abuse by the NYPD. We deserve better than digital stop and risk.Hochul countered those concerns saying that New Yorkers are already being recorded all over the Big Apple anyway.
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