S.T.O.P. Condemns State-Funded Bodega Facial Recognition Pilot
March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024
NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on March 27, 2024:
Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemns New York State's funding of a facial recognition pilot program at New York City bodegas. Using $1 million in state funding, the program will install facial recognition cameras in bodegas across Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. The software will . . .
Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemns New York State's funding of a facial recognition pilot program at New York City bodegas. Using $1 million in state funding, the program will install facial recognition cameras in bodegas across Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. The software will . . .