New York S 4273: Establishes a closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act

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S04273 Summary:

BILL NOS04273 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 1-B §§52 - 55, Pub Auth L; add Art 23 §§500 - 503, Transp L; add Art 14-B-1 §§375 - 378, Gen Muni L;
add §1111-i, V & T L

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Establishes a public authority closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act, a state highway closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act and a municipal closed-circuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act; requires localities authorized to install and operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices to adopt and enforce measures to protect privacy.

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BILL NOS04273 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4273

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
 and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the transportation law and
 the general municipal law, in relation to establishing a closed-cir-
 cuit television system and surveillance personal privacy act; and to
 amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the operation of
 traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and declarations. The legislature
 2 finds and declares the state has increasingly used camera systems and
 3 other surveillance technologies to monitor the daily legal activities of
 4 its citizens. Even in public and quasi-public forums, increasing use of
 5 government surveillance has a chilling effect on the freedoms and activ-
 6 ities of its citizens. Therefore, the legislature finds that the state
 7 has an obligation to establish a policy in which the public's privacy
 8 interests are protected where camera systems are increasingly used in
 9 traffic enforcement, surveillance and other areas. Where these surveil-
 10 lance systems are used, the state has an obligation to protect an indi-
 11 vidual's right of personal privacy, and consequently, must take all
 12 steps to protect personal privacy in all aspects of system planning,
 13 design, deployment, operation and maintenance and shall not collect or
 14 disseminate any personal identifier information.
 15 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new article 1-B
 16 to read as follows:
 17 ARTICLE 1-B
 18 PUBLIC AUTHORITY CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM
 19 AND SURVEILLANCE PERSONAL PRIVACY ACT
 20 Section 52. Definitions.
 21 53. Operation of CCTV systems; privacy protections.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07853-01-5

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 1 54. Restrictions on recording CCTV system video.
 2 55. Use and dissemination of CCTV system data.
 3 § 52. Definitions. As used in this article:
 4 1. The terms "closed-circuit television system," "CCTV system," or
 5 "CCTV" shall mean a video camera system and/or network used to collect,
 6 transmit and monitor data electronically via a data stream and project
 7 such data onto a video monitor, television screen or other monitoring
 8 equipment and any other system that allows the collection, viewing,
 9 transmission and recording of video images; and such a system is a
 10 closed circuit in that it has limited access, and all elements are
 11 directly connected and controlled by operators of the system. CCTV
 12 system shall not include: any images or videotape prepared pursuant to
 13 section twenty-nine hundred eighty-five of this chapter; or any system
 14 or network of cameras installed on a CCTV system operator's facilities
 15 for other than traffic management purposes.
 16 2. "Private entity" shall mean a private corpora