MEDIA ADVISORY: Electeds, Advocates Rally Against Facial Recognition Before City Council Hearing On Bans

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MEDIA ADVISORY Electeds, Advocates Rally Against Facial Recognition Before City Council Hearing On Bans (New York, NY 6/6/24) – On Monday, June 10th at 9:00am EST the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P), Fight for the Future, The Legal Aid Society, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU Law, and New York City Council Members Shahana Hanif and Carlina Rivera will rally to ban facial recognition and other biometric surveillance preceding a 10:00am EST City Council hearing with the Committee on Technology discussing bills to ban the use of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance by landlords and businesses. WHAT: Elected Officials, Advocates Rally Against Facial Recognition Before City Council Hearing on Bans WHO: (list in formation) S.T.O.P. Executive Director, Albert Fox Cahn; New York City Council Member, Shahana Hanif; The Legal Aid Society Digital Forensics Staff Attorney, Shane Ferro; New York City Council Member, Carlina Rivera (unconfirmed). WHEN: Monday, June 10th, 9:00 am EST WHERE: New York City Hall Steps, Broadway & Chambers St, New York, NY 10027 CONTACT: S.T.O.P. Communications Director William Owen. SEE: Ban The Scan Campaign https://www.banthescan.org/ New York City Council – Legislation text for biometric surveillance in public accommodations ban https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6557556&GUID=E67A1D7D-5245-4373-B5FF-1AD968E3383F&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=0217%5c New York City Council - Legislation text for facial recognition ban in residential buildings https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6558031&GUID=73676D60-2010-4A95-AB2F-A0B96A46C45E&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=0425 City Limits - Opinion: Biometric Surveillance Has No Place in New Yorkers’ Homes https://citylimits.org/2023/10/20/opinion-biometric-surveillance-has-no-place-in-new-yorkers-homes/ New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Facial recognition locked me out of my own apartment. NYS must ban it. https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/05/30/op-ed-nys-must-ban-facial-recognition/ ### Copyright © 2021 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, All rights reserved.