REMARKS
Council Member Shahana K. Hanif expresses the importance of knowing what city agency to report abuse of facial recognition to
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Council Member Hanif expresses concern about the city's lack of response to potential abuse of facial recognition technology by private businesses like Rite Aid.
- She asks which city agency would investigate if someone filed a police complaint about being wrongly accused by facial recognition
- She questions if NYPD would investigate and if the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) partners with NYPD on such issues
- She wants to know if the city analyzes businesses using facial recognition that could threaten community safety before any crime occurs
- She seeks tangible answers from the administration on their position on regulating biometric technology used by private businesses
Shahana K. Hanif
0:56:38
I think it's very it's imperative for the city to have a response to this and for OTI to know very clearly which city partner would be involved in a in a in a case like that one, but there are countless cases.
0:56:52
And in my testimony, I described Rite Aid, which we are all familiar with, And and it and the abuse that is happening by facial recognition technology when It is totally incumbent on the city to be responsive to both when, let's say, this person decides to file a police complaint?
0:57:17
Is NYPD then investigating?
0:57:19
And then what does that investigation look like?
0:57:21
And does OTI have a purview and partnership with NYPD?
0:57:25
Or for the city to have an analysis of its its businesses, using this kind of technology that threatens the security and safety of our communities, before a crime has happened.
0:57:42
Right?
0:57:42
This is someone who is getting alleged to have done something without there being any substantial proof.
0:57:49
So those are the two pieces that I'm you know, I'd like some answers, some tangible answers from the administration because I do think this is an issue that concerns our city, and the administration should have a response and a position on biometric technology.
