New Yorkers in high stop-and-frisk areas subject to more facial recognition tech

Amnesty International says technology championed by mayor reinforces discriminatory policing against minority communities

New Yorkers who live in areas where controversial stop-and-frisk searches happen most frequently are also more likely to be surveilled by facial recognition technology, according to research by Amnesty International and other researchers.

Research also showed that in the Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens boroughs of the city there was a direct correlation between the proportion of non-white residents and the concentration of controversial facial recognition technology.