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Council Member Salaam inquires about Argus cameras funding and placement
1:22:51
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Council Member Yusef Salaam inquires about the funding, cost, and placement of Argus cameras in New York City. NYPD officials, including Deputy Commissioner Kristine Ryan and Commissioner Jessica Tisch, provide detailed responses about the camera costs, location selection process, and specific precincts where cameras will be installed.
- Each Argus camera box costs $45,000 and contains two cameras.
- Camera locations are determined based on crime statistical data and technical surveys.
- A new contract has been secured to accelerate the installation of Argus cameras across multiple precincts in New York City.
Yusef Salaam
1:22:51
Wanna end with regards to the Argus cameras.
1:22:56
The executive capital plan includes approximately $3,000,000 in fiscal year twenty five for Argus cameras.
1:23:03
What is the cost per box?
1:23:05
And just as a follow-up, where are you prioritizing placement of the ARGUS cameras and the use of this and ARGUS cameras and the use of this funding and what precincts are you looking at?
Kristine Ryan
1:23:18
So the cost per box is about $45,000 per box, and each box has two cameras.
1:23:24
So you're getting two cameras for $45,000 Essentially, in terms of where the cameras go, our crime prevention division recommends appropriate locations based on data and information they have and crime statistical data.
1:23:38
And then our strategic technology division works with the DOT to conduct surveys of those locations to ensure the exact appropriate location for the boxes and the cameras.
Jessica Tisch
1:23:48
And one thing I am very pleased about is I understand that some of this work putting up Argus boxes had been delayed for quite some time.
1:23:57
Among the reasons was an expired contract or lack of an active contract.
1:24:02
I'm very pleased to report that we now have an active long term contract to continue or to resume our efforts to put up Argus cameras in New York City and I am looking forward to getting many more boxes up on the streets this year than we did last year.
1:24:25
I have the list of precincts where they are going up that I could either provide you or I could read to you now.
1:24:33
It's going the 4.5, the 6.2, Central Park, 6 Point 1, 4 Point 7, 5 Point 0, Manhattan North, 1 0 3, 1 0 7, 6 8, A Hundred And 20 Second, 7 2 7 6, 1 0 6 4 0 4 1 4 2, 1 0 9, 1 11, 4 9.
1:24:51
And those precincts are generally done by which council member gave us funding to put up boxes.
1:25:00
Where in those districts they go, we usually have our crime team look at where we're seeing the most violence in those commands.
Yusef Salaam
1:25:12
Thank you.
1:25:12
Thank you.
1:25:13
Thank you, chair.