Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Technology Regarding the Oversight of MyCity

Amidst the ever-escalating expansion of New York police priorities, personnel, and power throughout the City’s civilian agencies, we testify today to raise our concerns about how law enforcement will collect, share, and use the MyCity portal datasets. We are particularly concerned about ensuring that New Yorkers’ sensitive mental health, substance use, and other protected personal, and family, data that are routinely collected by City agencies that are charged with administering benefits, including the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Administration for Children’s Services, are protected from unwarranted, and unlawful, law enforcement access.