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