Trustees Review Proposal to Protect Scarsdale's Tree Canopyhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11712-trustees-review-proposal-to-protect-scarsdales-tree-canopy

10 September 2025 Avenue and Marion Green of 43 Butler Road commended the Mayor for scheduling a meeting on sidewalks for November 18, 2025. Flock Safety: Joseph Lawrence also of 7 Walworth Avenue commended the board for not following through with the contract with Flock...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Scarsdale In the News this Weekhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/29-around-town/11671-scarsdale-in-the-news-this-week

07 August 2025 attention this week due to the detention of a 20 year-old resident by ICE and news about the Village’s contract with Flock Safety that has since be cancelled. See links and excerpts to some of these stories below: From NBC News: A Purdue University...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Around Town

Update from the Mayor on Yeonsoo Go, the Flock Contract, the Pool and Morehttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11668-update-from-the-mayor-on-yeonsoo-go-the-flock-contract-the-pool-and-more

06 August 2025 federal grant to support updated license plate readers, live-view cameras, and Drone as a First Responder technology through Flock Safety. We were notified in early July by Senator Gillibrand’s office that our application was not successful. At that...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Update on the Pool Renovation, Safety Technology and a Food Drive from Village Hallhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11629-update-on-the-pool-renovation-safety-technology-and-a-food-drive-from-village-hall

09 July 2025 we can all enjoy as we come together this summer. First, a reminder: we have paused the Technology Upgrade Program with Flock Safety following notification that our grant application was not approved. The Police Department had already begun developing a...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Police Technology Plan Postponedhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11617-police-technology-plan-postponed

02 July 2025 Here is an email from Scarsdale Mayor Justin Arest sent to the community on Friday June 27, 2025. Dear Scarsdale Community, I am writing to update you on recent efforts to secure a federal grant to increase the Village’s budgeted funding for the Police...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Opinion: Inflammatory Rhetoric Is not the National Trend to Followhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/122-scarsdale-worships/11614-opinion-inflammatory-rhetoric-is-not-the-national-trend-to-follow

30 June 2025 about Scarsdale’s plan to increase/improve public safety surveillance and technology by contracting with an outside company, Flock. I respect debate, but it got out of hand, rapidly escalating dialogue to accusation. Scarsdale has always invested in our...

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• Author: Diane Greenwald
• Category: People

We Won’t Be Flocked Again: Mayor Postpones Surveillance Planshttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/102-shout-it-out/11612-we-won-t-be-flocked-again

28 June 2025 highly controversial plans to install license plate readers, cameras and a drone, all connected to a network supplied by Flock Safety. A contract, which was signed with Flock Safety in April, had drawn ire from many residents. Without public notice or...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Shout it Out

Heated Debate Over Surveillance Technology at Village Board Meetinghttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11605-residents-urge-village-board-to-pause-flock-contract

25 June 2025 and out for the Scarsdale Village Board meeting on Tuesday night June 24, 2025. The Board’s decision to sign a contract with Flock Safety to install license plate readers, cameras and drone technology continued to drive debate with many asking the Board...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Your Letters: Please Pause the Flock Contracthttps://scarsdale10583.com/arts-a-entertainment-601/11600-your-letters-please-pause-the-flock-contract

23 June 2025 by a private company funded by the federal government? At the June 10, 2025, Trustee Work Session on the contract with Flock Safety, numerous residents spoke against your approving a contract with a private surveillance company without transparency and...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: On Our Radar

Privacy vs. Policing: Scarsdale Surveillance Contract With Flock Reflects National Debatehttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/102-shout-it-out/11583-privacy-vs-policing-scarsdale-surveillance-contract-with-flock-reflects-national-debate

14 June 2025 Justin Arest say a few times in defense of a controversial decision made by the Village Trustees to sign a contract with Flock Safety, a nationwide company that links local police departments with a national data security network. Arest makes this...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Shout it Out

Comments: Village Board Violated the Spirit, if not the Letter of the Open Meetings Lawhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/29-around-town/11578-comments-village-board-violated-the-spirit-if-not-the-letter-of-the-open-meetings-law

12 June 2025 to begin by thanking the Village Manager for correcting my misunderstanding regarding obtaining unanimous consent for the Flock mass surveillance resolution at the April 8 meeting. I appreciate her clarification, and I believe it's important to...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Around Town

Village Board Unmoved by Public Outcry Over Surveillancehttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11575-village-board-unmoved-by-public-outcry-over-surveillance

11 June 2025 8, 2025, the Scarsdale Village Board hastily passed a resolution to adopt a seven-year agreement with the surveillance firm Flock Safety without public notice The agreement calls for enhanced public safety equipment including cameras, license plate...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Scarsdale Police Issue General Orders for Use of Cameras, License Plate Readers and Droneshttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/102-shout-it-out/11568-scarsdale-police-issue-general-orders-for-use-of-cameras-license-plate-readers-and-drones

09 June 2025 at the same time that the Village of Scarsdale has announced plans to purchase $1.8mm in surveillance equipment from Flock Safety which will enhance their ability to conduct similar operations. On April 8 Village Trustees passed a resolution to purchase...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Shout it Out

From Village Hall: A Welcome Page for New Residents and Guidelines for Installing a Memorial Tree or Benchhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11549-from-village-hall-a-welcome-page-for-new-residents-and-guidelines-for-installing-a-memorial-tree-or-bench

29 May 2025 “I am concerned about opacity. I have been emailing the Board but most of my questions remain unanswered>” “I receive the Flock contract and annual crime data from Scarsdale which shows that Scarsdale crime is at a 16-year low. I did receive some...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

A Memorial Bench for Susana Balkin and more from the Scarsdale Village Boardhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11525-a-memorial-bench-for-susana-balkin-and-more-from-the-scarsdale-village-board

14 May 2025 for local commuters. In response to concerns about a resolution to purchase cameras, license plate readers and a drone from Flock Security, the Mayor said, “The Board intends to hold a meeting about public safety technology that we expect to install...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Letter: Concerns Over Privacy Must Be Weighed Against Need For Protectionhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/122-scarsdale-worships/11513-letter-concerns-over-privacy-must-be-weighed-against-need-for-protection

09 May 2025 the scope and selection of new public safety technology to protect our community (“Does Scarsdale Want to be Associated with Flock Safety?”, opinion piece by Mayra Kirkendall-Rodriguez). But we all need to be equally serious about the real potential...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: People

Police Chief Steven DelBene Says Public Safety Tools Will Be Used Selectively and Responsiblyhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/101-village-voices/11508-police-chief-steven-delbene-says-public-safety-tools-will-be-used-selectively-and-responsibly

08 May 2025 and directed us to the funding program to which the Village has since applied. We also evaluated several vendors including Flock, Motorola, Midl, and Hanwha after seeing demonstrations at a security conference and inviting each to present their...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: Village Voices

Does Scarsdale Village Want To Be Associated With Flock Safety?https://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/98-on-the-market/11507-does-scarsdale-village-want-to-be-associated-with-flock-safety

08 May 2025 Kirdendall-Rodriguez) Without alerting Scarsdale residents, on April 8 the Scarsdale Village Board voted on a contract with Flock Safety to buy its surveillance products and services. Neither the Board nor Village personnel sought any feedback from...

• Type: Article
• Author: Mayra Kirkendall-Rodriguez
• Category: On Our Minds

Opinion: New Surveillance System Stokes Fear in Scarsdalehttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/105-the-goods/11506-opinion-new-surveillance-system-stokes-fear-in-scarsdale

08 May 2025 personal data of individuals inside the locations where the cars are sighted. In a recent lawsuit filed against the vendor, Flock Safety, in Norfolk, Virginia, the Institute for Justice argues that “Norfolk has created a dragnet that allows the...

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• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: The Goods

Unanswered Questions About Scarsdale’s Surveillance Systemhttps://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/98-on-the-market/11498-unanswered-questions-about-scarsdale-s-surveillance-system

01 May 2025 10583, Scarsdale residents would not have learned that Scarsdale Village Board of Trustees voted on a contract with Flock Safety for a mass surveillance system. While for over a decade, I have reviewed both the Scarsdale School District Board of...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joanne Wallenstein
• Category: On Our Minds