“Last month, a New York state judge issued a sweeping order mandating that the NYPD make major reforms to its practices and systems for using sealed arrest records—records the NYPD has been illegally using to spy on and target millions of people for the past 46 years.”
“No blurry scan of a letter can ever replace homemade gifts from children or physically holding the familiar handwriting of a loved one. This cruel, misguided approach to curbing overdoses will only further isolate incarcerated New Yorkers this holiday season.”
‘We can’t collect New Yorkers’ data first and justify it later; we have to only track the public when it will actually help, and then with safeguards against abuse and misuse.’
If New Yorkers are concerned about how their information will be used in contact tracing, they will hesitate to participate. Gov. Cuomo must sign the Contact Tracing Confidentiality Act, which would guarantee that ICE and police do not have access to the collected information.
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