NY A02461

Prohibits law enforcement agencies and officers from obtaining, retaining, possessing, accessing, selling, or using cell-site simulators (devices that mimic cell towers to identify, locate, or intercept cellular transmissions)

Bans law enforcement from entering agreements with third parties, including private or governmental entities, to access cell-site simulator technology or information derived from it

Requires suppression of any information obtained in violation of this prohibition, making it inadmissible in adjudicative proceedings except to prove a violation of the law itself

Allows individuals subjected to prohibited surveillance to sue for injunctive relief, actual damages or $5,000 per violation (whichever is greater), punitive damages for pattern violations, and recovery of attorneys' fees

Permits the Division of Human Rights to seek court injunctions against violations without requiring proof that any person was actually injured