Critics said the New York Police Department took a "lazy copy-and-paste approach" to a new law requiring it to disclose its surveillance technologies.

The City Council passed a bill requiring the NYPD to provide the public with explanations of all surveillance technologies it uses to snoop on New Yorkers.

Footage from all incidents in which an officer uses deadly or serious force will be made available to the public, the mayor's office said.

Jessica Tisch, the NYPD's deputy commissioner for information technology, will take over IT administration for the nation's largest city government.

New research shows that a lack of clear standards for using the technology has led many agencies to resort to an array of questionable practices in attempting…

Expert witnesses told the 18-member panel how the data-driven algorithms the city uses can sometimes lead to racially biased policies.

The department has revealed "Patternizr," a tool used the past two year years to spot crime patterns nearly invisible to the human eye.

The department's technical assistance response unit will use the drones to assist officers in certain investigations.