New York City Mayoral Candidate Floats Surveillance Plan To “Predict And Prevent” Attacks

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New York City mayoral candidate Scott Stringer, who previously served as the city’s comptroller, proposed a plan to surveil social media posts to “predict and prevent” antisemitic attacks before they happen.

Sounds like the movie “Minority Report” becoming a reality.

From the New York Post:

The longshot mayoral candidate rolled out his plans Saturday to partner with the Anti-Defamation League on the initiative while addressing members of the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

“My new initiative would use advanced monitoring tools to scour social media posts following during or after international emergencies,” — especially those involving Israel or Jewish institutions,” claimed Stringer, a devout Jew and vocal Zionist.

“It would flag content that incites violence or signals coordinated threats. It would provide the tools for law enforcement, community leaders, and institutions like this one to act before tragedy strikes.”

Stringer, soon heading into the June 24 Democratic primary, insisted his initiative — which would be overseen by the NYPD and Office of Emergency Management — is “not about surveillance of [dissenting] opinions, or about setting up databases or lists of people who don’t agree with us.”

“It is about surfacing potential danger before it becomes real violence,” he pointed out.

The ADL denied having any partnership with Stringer.

The New York Post updated:

Longshot Big Apple mayoral candidate Scott Stringer’s claim that he’d work with the Anti-Defamation League to root out antisemitism is news to the non-profit.

An ADL spokesperson said Sunday that the organization is not aware of “any authorized plans” to work with the former city comptroller, who said over the weekend he would use tech to help cops “predict and prevent” biased attacks while referencing the ADL.

“We are not aware of any authorized plans to partner with Mr. Stringer and, as a nonprofit organization, we would not partner with any candidate for elective office,” the spokesperson told The Post.

But Stringer’s team stressed the candidate wasn’t offering a campaign plan and would only implement a version of something that the ADL already has online if elected mayor.



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