{"id":347780,"date":"2026-09-15T22:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T22:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347780\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T22:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T22:50:09","slug":"ny-lawmakers-eye-new-rules-for-flock-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347780\/","title":{"rendered":"NY lawmakers eye new rules for Flock cameras amid privacy concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) &#8211; Automatic license plate readers like the one sitting on state Route 3 in Plattsburgh have been the subject of scrutiny nationwide, and now state lawmakers say those privacy concerns have prompted them to act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In the Town of Plattsburgh, new Flock cameras continue to pop up, drawing mixed opinions from those working and living in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think it is our right to know as citizens &#8212; especially being tax-paying citizens &#8212; knowing where our information is being fed to, and I think it is a cause for concern,\u201d said local resident Jenna Ornelas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIf it\u2019s your property and you are trying to monitor vandalism, potential break-ins, things of that nature, it\u2019s the new age. It\u2019s what is going on,\u201d said local resident Philip Corell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">So far, there are seven reported Flock cameras in town, all centered around the Champlain Centre Mall and Champlain Centre South, <a href=\"https:\/\/deflock.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/deflock.org\/\">according to the website DeFlock<\/a>, which tracks the placement of the cameras nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Unlike Vermont, New York has no state laws on the books regarding the use of automated license plate reader systems. North Country lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that needs to change, citing concerns over privacy and use of the camera\u2019s data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI really do believe New York state has to take a real serious look at this, the way artificial intelligence and other technologies are rapidly changing,\u201d said Assemblyman Michael Cashman, assemblyman, D-N.Y. 115th District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe acknowledge the existence of the technology and appropriate use in some instances because again, I don\u2019t think any of us want to live in a police state,\u201d said Sen. Dan Stec, R-N.Y. 45th District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Centre Mall officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment about what is done with the data collected by the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WCAX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) &#8211; Automatic license plate readers like the one sitting on state Route 3 in Plattsburgh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[300,130104,9,11,10,49,51,50,6363,1631],"class_list":["post-347780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cameras","tag-flock","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-plattsburgh","tag-wcax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}