PRESS CONFERENCE Tuesday, June 16th at 10:00AM
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Contact:
Sam McCann, Neighborhood Defender Service, smccann@ndsny.org, Lupe Todd-Medina, New York County Defender Service, ltoddmedina@nycds.org
Jared Chausow, Brooklyn Defender Services, jchausow@bds.org, Katie Schaffer, Center for Community Alternatives, kschaffer@communityalternatives.org.
AS CONTACT TRACING IS ROLLED OUT ACROSS THE STATE, ADVOCATES RAISE THE ALARM ABOUT THE WEAPONIZATION OF INTIMATE HEALTH INFORMATION BY POLICE AND ICE
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS, HEALTH ADVOCATES & PUBLIC DEFENDERS URGE PASSAGE OF BILL PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY OF CONTACT TRACING DATA
NEW YORK—Local and national civil rights groups, public defenders and public health officials will hold a digital press conference on Tuesday, June 16th at 10:00AM, to demand New York State lawmakers pass legislation that protects contact tracing data for law enforcement and immigration enforcement. When: Tuesday, June 16th at 10:00AM Register on Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WF8I8KcqRKOeBbkBZGxMNA
Who: Speakers include:
Assemblyperson Richard N. Gottfried, Chair of Assembly Health Committee
Senator Gustavo Rivera, Chair of Senate Health Committee
Alice Fontier, Managing Director, Neighborhood Defender Service
Allie Bohm, Policy Counsel, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
Albert Fox Cahn, Executive Director, Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
Guillermo Chacon, President, Latino Commission on AIDS
Amir Sadeghi, National Community Outreach Coordinator, Center for HIV Law and Policy
Mateo Guerrero, Lead Organizer, Make the Road New York
David Harvey, Executive Director, National Coalition of STD Directors

COVID 19 contact tracing.