Cameras / NY
License plate readers in New York
4,694 cameras have been documented in New York. That is the 7th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 3.3% of the 144,298 documented nationwide. New York has the most of any city in the state, with 1,345 — 29% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 2,686 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 34%. 2,686 of them stand in the 57 cities listed below. 2,008 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 9, 2026.
4,694
cameras documented statewide
7th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
2,686
in listed cities
2,008
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety920
- Motorola Solutions57
- Genetec300
- Leonardo/ELSAG248
- Neology10
- Other vendors1,081
- Unknown70
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,345 | 4.48 |
| Buffalo | 133 | 3.29 |
| Albany | 70 | 3.27 |
| Salamanca | 68 | 11.35 |
| Syracuse | 60 | 2.39 |
| Hempstead | 57 | 15.44 |
| Cheektowaga | 48 | 1.89 |
| Old Westbury | 46 | 5.37 |
| Elmira | 42 | 5.79 |
| Newburgh | 38 | 9.98 |
| Yonkers | 37 | 2.05 |
| Binghamton | 33 | 3.15 |
| Poughkeepsie | 31 | 6.03 |
| Nanuet | 30 | 5.52 |
| Uniondale | 30 | 5.25 |
| Troy | 29 | 2.80 |
| Niagara Falls | 28 | 1.99 |
| Utica | 26 | 1.55 |
| Oswego | 24 | 3.15 |
| Schenectady | 23 | 2.13 |
| Garden City | 21 | 3.94 |
| Glen Cove | 20 | 3.00 |
| Brookville | 20 | 5.07 |
| Kingston | 19 | 2.54 |
| Saratoga Springs | 18 | 0.64 |
| Mount Kisco | 17 | 5.59 |
| Spring Valley | 17 | 8.47 |
| Woodbury | 16 | 0.45 |
| Middletown | 16 | 3.02 |
| Tonawanda Town | 15 | 0.87 |
| Commack | 15 | 1.22 |
| East Farmingdale | 14 | 1.87 |
| East Hampton | 13 | 2.73 |
| Pearl River | 13 | 1.91 |
| Airmont | 13 | 2.85 |
| Hilton | 13 | 7.28 |
| Sands Point | 13 | 3.08 |
| Syosset | 12 | 2.41 |
| DeWitt | 12 | 1.85 |
| Freeport | 12 | 2.48 |
| Chester | 12 | 5.59 |
| Greece | 12 | 2.74 |
| Harrison | 11 | 0.66 |
| Rye | 11 | 1.88 |
| West Seneca | 11 | 0.51 |
| North Bellport | 11 | 2.24 |
| Massena | 11 | 2.43 |
| Ossining | 10 | 3.16 |
| Ithaca | 10 | 1.86 |
| Huntington Station | 10 | 1.83 |
| Tappan | 10 | 3.63 |
| Elmont | 10 | 2.93 |
| Monsey | 10 | 4.36 |
| Orange Lake | 10 | 1.15 |
| Central Islip | 10 | 1.40 |
| New City | 10 | 0.65 |
| Glens Falls | 10 | 2.60 |
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.
Contract decisions in New York
One decision here is in our tracker of communities that have stepped back from Flock Safety. A decision date is not a removal date: cameras stay in the record above until a volunteer edits OpenStreetMap.
- Ithaca canceled its Flock Safety contract · Mar 4, 2026
Explore this data further
- Who operates New York’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
New York ranks 7th of 52 by documented cameras. Ohio (6,915) ranks just above, and North Carolina (3,862) just below.