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Embedded within the dozen bills and hundreds of line items that make up New York Governor Kathy Hochul's plan for next year's state budget is a proposal for tens of millions of dollars and several new initiatives to expand state policing and investigative power, including agencies' ability to surveil New Yorkers and gather intelligence on people not yet suspected of breaking the law, reports New York Focus. Hochul's proposals include a new statewide system of police intelligence gathering centers, which would engage in mass surveillance, and whose model hinges on the use of unproven forensic science. The plan also details funds for new law enforcement social media surveillance personnel, the expansion of existing police intelligence gathering and sharing efforts, and most likely technology that downloads the full contents of people's cellphones, on top of millions of dollars for more street policing. Hochul's proposals for increased surveillance have been met with seemingly no resistance from the state legislature.