So far 70 stations are rigged with the cameras, and by June that number is expected to reach 100. The agency asked that $250 million be set aside for security projects over the next five years, but Albany—where Gov. Paterson is hashing out a budget for the upcoming year—rejected the proposal. Bridge tolls, which would have paid for subway surveillance in addition to other improvements to the MTA, were voted down by the legislature. With things as they are the administration warned earlier this year that the planned security overhaul "may never be completed."
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An East Patchogue, Long Island landlord was arrested when a video camera was found in a tenant's apartment. WCBS 2 reports, "A 16-year-old teen who lives in the apartment with her parents found the camera and called police...[She] told her father she noticed her room on a monitor in her landlord's apartment, and when she looked further, she found the camera in her ceiling." A video camera was also found in the bathroom. Louis Bosco, a "self-employed handyman," was charged with unlawful surveillance. The teen's father said, "It doesn't feel very good. It feels like you want to hurt him. I really would like to go over there and kill him. I know I shouldn't say that but I really want to hurt this guy." more ›