- Civil rights groups sued to stop Westchester County’s deployment of nearly 600 license-plate readers, calling the program warrantless surveillance that violates the state constitution.
- The system has logged about 1.6 billion plate scans and shared data with more than 50 outside agencies, including ICE, raising privacy and data‑sharing concerns.
- Plaintiffs say their cars were photographed thousands of times; the case echoes a national pushback as cities, companies and courts reassess widespread plate‑reader use.
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