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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

New York plan to monitor Labor Day parties with drones prompts outcry

Shot from the street facing a blue sky, the photo is framed on both sides by the tops of skyscrapers, with an X-shaped drone seeming to hover above an telecommunications tower atop a skyscraper in the middle.
An NYPD drone over One World Trade Center in Manhattan. Photograph: Ted Shaffrey/AP

New York City police plan to monitor large gatherings and noise complaints over Labor Day weekend with surveillance drones, officials have announced, prompting outcry from privacy advocates.

Police said Thursday that the remote-controlled aircraft would be deployed to keep tabs on large gatherings, including private events, as New Yorkers prepared to celebrate the weekend heading into Monday’s holiday.

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