Key members of the New York City Council are stepping up oversight of a program providing free internet in public housing, after New York Focus revealed it is being used to expand surveillance. | Canva
Three committee chairs of the New York City Council sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams’s administration on Monday demanding that it immediately halt an ongoing expansion of police surveillance in public housing developments and requesting information that could enable a public hearing or investigation.
The letter followed a New York Focus investigation earlier this month that found that the New York City Police Department is using a free internet program to expand its real-time video surveillance capabilities at New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments without notifying lawmakers or residents…