New York City Groups Call for Stalled Surveillance Ban Vote (1)

A coalition of digital and civil rights organizations renewed their calls for the New York City Council to pass two proposals to ban use of facial recognition and other surveillance technology that have languished since their introductions earlier this year.

The pair of bills would protect city residents from abuses of the technology that have led to racial discrimination and privacy invasions, 32 groups said in a Tuesday letter to council members.

But key council members have expressed concerns, including several who sit on the six-member Committee on Technology that must pass the bills before they can be considered by ...