Flock Safety

The resolution Newburgh city lawmakers passed to end the use of automated license plate readers included a 2-week grace period to stop the practice. As that timeframe ends, Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Elias Guerra spoke with residents in the wake of the decision and has more on what's to come.

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

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.

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.

East Greenbush's Town Board held a two-hour public hearing on the Flock cameras Wednesday night.

Saratoga Springs residents are joining the growing list of northeast communities raising the alarm around the use of Flock cameras in their city – some spoke out at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

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.

Documents obtained by WAMC show that the Albany first began installing Flock automated license plate reader cameras in August 2024 and now has 66.