Flock cameras

After months of emotional back and forth, the Newburgh City Council has voted to end its contract with Flock Safety.

Democrat Blake Gendebien discusses several issues including the role of A-I in the congressional campaign

The Newburgh City Council will consider a resolution Monday night that would end the city's use of Flock ALPRs. A search in 2025 shows Texas police included Newburgh’s Flock data in a search for a “female” who “had an abortion.”

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Ivan Lajara, Regional Managing Editor for the Daily Freeman, Saratogian, Troy Record, and Oneida Dispatch, about Senator Michelle Hinchey's legislation aimed at regulating License Plate Readers.

New York Assemblyman Michael Cashman discusses several issues, beginning with his efforts to rein in high utility costs.

Troy's all Democratic council voted Thursday night to limit the mayor's powers to declare a local emergency. The move — overriding a mayoral veto — is central to the city's debate over its controversial Flock cameras.

Municipalities around the country are mulling surveillance concerns surrounding the use of automated license plate reader cameras, including those manufactured by Flock Safety. In the Capital Region, Troy officials and residents have been grappling with regulating the use of Flock cameras by city police.

The arrest of an Albany County Sheriff's Investigator marks the Capital Region's first high-profile case of an officer being arrested for illegally using Flock cameras.

A Newburgh Police Department report obtained by WAMC says hundreds of thousands of searches by law enforcement agencies around the country included the City of Newburgh Police Department’s Flock License Plate Reader Network.

The event, hosted by the advocacy group Indivisible Albany, is meant to raise awareness about Flock cameras in the city.