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A look at how the NYPD built its surveillance system and the fight for transparency

New York City police surveillance systems were paid for and adopted without the kind of public oversight cities usually require.

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Amanda Aronczyk
Amanda Aronczyk is a co-host and reporter for Planet Money, NPR's award-winning podcast that finds creative, entertaining ways to make sense of the big, complicated forces that move our economy.

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