New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown - New York Times

New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown - New York Times: "But the downtown security plan involves much more than keeping track of license plates. Three thousand surveillance cameras would be installed below Canal Street by the end of 2008, about two-thirds of them owned by downtown companies. Some of those are already in place. Pivoting gates would be installed at critical intersections; they would swing out to block traffic or a suspect car at the push of a button."