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New York has 4,820 mapped plate readers. 2,153 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
New York has the most (94), then Albany (61) and Hempstead (55). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 12, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in New York by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in New York each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 60 | 7 in Hempstead and 3 in Buffalo |
| Sep 2026 | 121 | 18 in New York and 5 in Hempstead |
| Aug 2026 | 287 | 26 in New York and 13 in Oswego |
| Jul 2026 | 147 | 12 in New York and 6 in Utica |
| Jun 2026 | 138 | 11 in New York and 9 in Hempstead |
| May 2026 | 118 | 7 in Elmira and 5 in Hempstead |
| Apr 2026 | 115 | 5 in Lockport and 5 in Niagara Falls |
| Mar 2026 | 179 | 9 in Troy and 8 in Chester |
| Feb 2026 | 109 | 8 in Cheektowaga and 8 in East Farmingdale |
| Jan 2026 | 179 | 17 in Hempstead and 13 in Buffalo |
| Dec 2025 | 214 | 20 in Old Westbury and 16 in Albany |
| Nov 2025 | 181 | 19 in Binghamton and 12 in Elmira |
Who runs the Flock cameras in New York
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 85 agencies in New York that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 153
- Hempstead Police Department 55
- Clarkstown Police Department 12
- Destiny USA 8
- Garden City Police Department 7
- Onondaga Community Collage Public Safety (OCC PS) 6
- Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office 5
- Batavia Police Department 4
- Suffolk County Police Department 4
- Village of Kenmore Police Department 4
Plate reader law in New York
| Topic | New York |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | Freedom of Information Law, N.Y. Pub. Off. Law §§ 84-90 |
| Checked |
See New York plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in New York: questions
How many Flock cameras are in New York?
2,153 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in New York, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in New York have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: New York (94), Albany (61) and Hempstead (55). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 11 of the 2,153 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
New York's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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4,820 cameras listed or mapped in New York so far.
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.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, 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
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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