Mayor Eric Adams unveiled the NYPD's newest addition to its subway security arsenal on Friday — a robot that will patrol the Times Square subway station.
The city says it will record video to be reviewed in the event of a crime or emergency, but it will not use facial recognition technology or record audio. But privacy advocates are skeptical.
Since taking office, the mayor has tried to deploy a variety of new technology at the NYPD, including new drones and robot dogs.
Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director and founder of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a civil rights and privacy group, joined political reporter Bobby Cuza on “Inside City Hall” Monday to talk more about the concerns surrounding the new robot.
An NYPD robot will patrol the Times Square subway station.@FoxCahn, the founder of @STOPSpyingNY, joined @bcuza on "Inside City Hall" to talk about the robot, which Cahn says is a "public safety hazard, not a public safety solution." pic.twitter.com/63rVo5Y1ZQ
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