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A01045 Summary:

BILL NOA01045 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05609

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SPONSORGlick

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COSPNSRReyes, Gonzalez-Rojas, Burdick, Mamdani, Simone, Raga, Shimsky, Shrestha, Carroll R, Gallagher

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§837-y & 236, Exec L

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Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisions.

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BILL NOA01045 

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1045

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, REYES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, MAMDANI,
 SIMONE, RAGA, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
 biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; to establish the
 biometric surveillance regulation task force; and providing for the
 repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares the
 2 following:
 3 (a) The use of biometric surveillance technology has been largely
 4 unregulated by all levels of government in the United States to date,
 5 allowing its unfettered use by private entities, government, and law
 6 enforcement with little to no requirements or restrictions relating to
 7 use, data retention, privacy protections, and use of information derived
 8 from such systems in law enforcement investigations. In New York, this
 9 lack of regulation and oversight has led to concerning practices by law
 10 enforcement, such as including sealed mugshots and arrest photos of
 11 juveniles in facial recognition databases and running photos of celebri-
 12 ty lookalikes through facial recognition software to attempt to identify
 13 potential suspects.
 14 (b) Studies of currently available biometric surveillance technology
 15 demonstrate that such technology's consistency and accuracy can vary
 16 widely based on age, gender, sex, race, and other factors, and has been
 17 found to be particularly inaccurate when used on women, young people,
 18 and people of color.
 19 (c) These accuracy concerns are particularly troubling in the context
 20 of this technology's ongoing and increasing use by law enforcement. New
 21 York's law enforcement should not rely on technology that has demon-
 22 strated accuracy issues, as such practice risks the wrongful targeting,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02656-01-5

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 1 interrogation, detention, or even conviction of an innocent person based
 2 on erroneous data.
 3 (d) The largest U.S. supplier of police body cameras has publicly
 4 stated that this technology "is not currently reliable enough to
 5 ethically justify its use," and other major companies working on this
 6 technology have chosen not to offer it for general use until concerns
 7 about the technology's accuracy are resolved.
 8 (e) In addition to accuracy concerns, the continuous use of this tech-
 9 nology for broad, untargeted surveillance purposes constitutes an unac-
 10 ceptable mass violation of privacy and could chill New Yorkers' right to
 11 free speech and freedom of assembly.
 12 (f) In order to protect the personal data, civil rights, civil liber-
 13 ties, and due process rights of all New Yorkers, the use of this tech-
 14 nology by law enforcement should not currently be permitted, and more
 15 study and research should be conducted into the impacts of this technol-
 16 ogy before determining whether it should be authorized for use, and
 17 under what circumstances such use should be permitted.
 18 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y to
 19 read as follows:
 20 § 837-y. Use of biometric surveillance