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MTA banned from using facial recognition to enforce fare evasion
The ban was buried in the new state budget negotiated by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature.
“Imposing harsher fines for fare evasion criminalizes poverty and puts vulnerable New Yorkers at risk,” Michael Sisitzky, a policy expert at the nonprofit New York Civil Liberties Union, wrote in a statement. “We're calling for New York state to pass legislation that would fully outlaw the use of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance by government agencies to truly protect New Yorkers,” Owen said. Rachael Fauss, senior policy adviser for good-government group Reinvent Albany, said the measure was a signal of New York legislators' growing skepticism of law enforcement using facial recognition technology.
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