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Cameras in Albany, NY
70 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Albany.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Albany, by camera type.
Albany: 70 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Troy 29, Poughkeepsie 34, Utica 26 and Newburgh 38.
Speed cameras in Albany
Albany runs a speed camera program (running, as of Jun 2026), not yet on this map.
41 speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (as of Jun 2026) Public list City of Albany ↗
The law, in short:
Per-city VTL authorizations (VTL §§ 1111-a ff. red light; § 1180-b ff. school speed; § 1180-e work zones; citation not yet confirmed).
Red light cameras in Albany
Albany runs a red light camera program (running, as of Oct 2024), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (as of Oct 2024) NY Governor's Office ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
Per-city VTL authorizations (VTL §§ 1111-a ff. red light; § 1180-b ff. school speed; § 1180-e work zones; citation not yet confirmed).
License plate readers in Albany
70 plate readers are on the map in Albany, and 61 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
First-mapped dates here run from Sep 23, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026. 42 of the 70 were first mapped in 2026, with 13 in January alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 3 agencies based in Albany that use plate readers, among them Albany Police Department.
Who can search plate reads in Albany
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Albany City Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 16 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Albany City Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 16
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Albany
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Albany
No traffic camera feed is listed for Albany yet.
Camera tickets in Albany
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- City of Albany: school-zone speed camera program, running, as of Jun 2026
- NY Governor's Office: red light camera program, running, as of Oct 2024
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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