New Yorkers walking down the street are likely unaware that they are being surveilled. It’s part of the trade-off that we’ve made as a society – a persistent monitoring in exchange for a sense of security and convenience.

The NYPD has a small arsenal of powerful surveillance tools, tools that, until the City Council passed the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act in 2020, it could purchase and deploy in total secrecy. And while these technologies might help the police more quickly identify suspects of violent crimes, they’re a double-edged sword.

In this episode we talk to politics journalist Felipe De La Hoz about what he found during his reporting on this story. 

Felipe's full story: https://epicenter-nyc.com/the-rise-of-surveillance-in-new-york-city/

Epicenter-NYC membership: https://epicenter-nyc.com/the-case-for-epicenter-membership-one-auntie-to-another/

Our intro music: http://karavikamusic.com/

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