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1 Written Testimony of Angel Diaz, Counsel, Liberty & National Security Program, before the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety in Support of Int. 487, December 18, 2019 1 (2019)

handle is hein.brennan/angdzpss0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BRENNAN CENTER FORSTI Written Testimony of Angel Diaz Counsel, Liberty & National Security Program Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School ofLaw Before the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety in Support of Int. 487 December 18, 2019 Good afternoon, Chairman Richards and members of the Committee on Public Safety. My name is Angel Diaz, and I am Counsel for the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. I want to thank Council Members Vanessa Gibson and Brad Lander for their leadership on this issue. I'd also like to thank the 31 co-sponsors of this legislation for their support and acknowledgement of this overdue transparency measure. Finally, thank you to Chairman Richards for holding this necessary hearing and for inviting the Brennan Center to testify. The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice. The Liberty and National Security Program seeks to ensure that the country's national security laws and policies remain equal to the task of protecting individual rights, constitutional values, and the rule of law. As part of that work, we actively seek greater transparency and oversight of the NYPD's surveillance tools. While emerging technologies bring opportunities for officers to do their jobs more efficiently, they also raise many issues ranging from hidden biases to the potential for misuse. Without oversight, modern surveillance poses serious risks for the civil rights and civil liberties of those most often affected by policing: communities of color and immigrant communities. We've seen this play out before. Just last month, former Mayor Bloomberg apologized for his support of the unconstitutional stop-and-frisk program, which heavily targeted black and brown young men.' But without oversight of the NYPD's surveillance apparatus, we are deploying a system that can result in a digital stop-and-frisk that will be difficult to detect or redress.2 This is why we need common 1 Shane Goldmacher, Michae B/oomberg Pushed 'Stop-and-Frisk' Po zng. Now He's Apologing, NEW YoRK TIMES, November 17,2019, 2 See Angel Diaz, Oversighbt of Face Recognmion Is Needed to Avoid New Era of 'Digital Stop and Fisk, BRENNAN CENTER FORJUSTICE, May 31, 2019, A o9oL-,bre- li ecoeroj - N ai- LQ a-fi-sk Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law 120 Broadway, Suite 1750 NewYork, NY 10271

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