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Judge turns off cameras in Staten Island courthouse meeting rooms (NY)

Thursday, October 22, 2015

A judge has blocked the city’s monitoring of attorneys and defendants when they first meet inside a brand-new Staten Island courthouse.

Manhattan Federal Judge George Daniels ruled Tuesday that the four cameras installed in pre-arraignment meeting rooms violated the terms of a 1999 settlement between the Legal Aid Society and the city.

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