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An NYPD camera located on East Fordham Road Avenue in the Bronx. Public oversight has lagged as the department's electronic surveillance capabilities have multiplied.

Ali Winston

Justice

City and State Lawmakers Move to Regulate Police Surveillance

Ali Winston | April 20, 2017

Public oversight might finally start to catch up with the NYPD’s unparalleled city-wide network of surveillance cameras, license plate readers, gunshot detectors and environmental sensors.

Housing and Homelessness

Concerns Over Private Firm Managing Some NYCHA Properties

Ali Winston | December 31, 2013

The move to bring in outside management for some of the authority’s Section 8 properties is not the first, but comes at a sensitive time for the agency.

Health and Environment

Why the City's Flood Maps Got It Wrong

Ali Winston | December 4, 2012

The city’s evacuation zone maps used 2003 data. Some federal maps may have predicted a wider area of flooding. But scientists also made Sandy storm-surge predictions that were dwarfed when the tropical system rolled in.

Government

Oakland: Federal Ammo Running Short for War on Crime

Ali Winston | January 4, 2012

Oakland is a place where urban America is confronting two questions: Does the federal government know how to help fight local crime? Can it afford to?

Manhattan

Secrecy Shrouds NYPD's Anti-Terror Camera System

Ali Winston | April 26, 2010

In documents describing the multimillion-dollar Ring of Steel surveillance network, the redactions are as revealing.

City Hall

Comptroller Moves To Rein In CityTime

Ali Winston | February 26, 2010

An unfinished system to track city employees’ hours already costs 10 times what was budgeted. What now?

Citywide

The Eyes Have It: NYPD Plans More Cameras

Ali Winston | June 1, 2009

The police department plans to install hundreds of additional video surveillance cameras around Manhattan, and the entire city.

Manhattan

A Chance For Input On 3,000 New Police Cameras

Ali Winston | March 16, 2009

Curious about the ‘Ring of Steel’ in lower Manhattan? The NYPD has made its privacy guidelines public.

Justice

Marrying For Love? You'll Have To Prove It

Ali Winston | July 28, 2008

For noncitizens, marrying an American is still one of the easier ways to get legal residency. But it’s gotten a lot harder.

Government

After WTC Attacks, More Surveillance at Work

Ali Winston | July 4, 2008

A 2005 survey found that keystroke monitoring was used by 36 percent of companies queried. Fifty-five percent of companies perused employee e-mail messages and 76 percent tracked websites visited by employees.

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