NYPD Proposes ‘Surveillance Blanket’ for Midtown

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly wants $21 million in federal money to cover Midtown, from 34th to 59th Streets between the Hudson and East Rivers, with “license plate readers, heavily armed officers and a web of private and public surveillance cameras.” The plan is similar to Lower Manhattan’s surveillance network, the “Ring of Steel,” including the lack of information on privacy protections. |NY Times|