NYCLU v. New York City Police Department (Seeking Access to Information About Lower Manhattan Security Initiative Under FOIL)
State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 112145-08 (direct)
This case challenges the NYPD’s refusal to disclose information about its plan to create a massive surveillance network in downtown Manhattan.
The plan, called the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, would establish a network of 3,000 public and private surveillance cameras to monitor and track vehicles and pedestrians south of Canal Street. The system would allow the Department to maintain a database on the movement and whereabouts of millions of law-abiding New Yorkers.