each and every dsy at nassau otb the same people come to bet snd approach the teller to buy the bible, the thoroughbred program of which there are usually not enough to meet the demand

the mta gizmos may be used to revognize the faithful snd their demand for the bible

think how many thoroughbred programs may be purchased for distribution to the faithful at nassau otb with the emperor's toy

do not forget that the top secret report detsiling that the only face snd vehicle that the gizmo revognizes is the woman of the wandering dago food truck

MTA’s facial recognition tech fails test; commuters concerned that only the driver of the wandering dago food truck is recognized

Wandering Dago, Inc. v. Destito, No. 16-622 (2d Cir. 2018)

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WD filed suit against OGS, alleging that defendants violated its rights under the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, and the New York State Constitution by denying WD's applications to participate as a food truck vendor in the Lunch Program based on its ethnic-slur branding. The Second Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant, holding that defendants' action violated WD's equal protection rights and its rights under the New York State Constitution. In this case, it was undisputed that defendants denied WD's applications solely because of its ethnic-slur branding. In Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017), the Supreme Court clarified that this action amounted to viewpoint discrimination and, if not government speech or otherwise protected, was prohibited by the First Amendment. The court rejected defendants' argument that their actions were unobjectionable because they were either part of OGS's government speech or permissible regulation of a government contractor's speech.

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POSTED 6:12 PM, APRIL 8, 2019, BY ALLISON KADEN

MTA's facial recognition tech fails test; commuters concerned

A Metropolitan Transit Authority pilot program in which facial recognition technology captures New Yorkers as they drive has failed, according to a new report.

Billed as a way to target terrorists and criminals, the technology is supposed to see through windshields as people drive over bridges and through tunnels.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced it in July 2018. "It can see the face of the person in the car and run that technology against databases," he said at the time.

But the Wall Street Journal, citing an internal MTA email to the Cuomo administration, reported the initial facial recognition testing on the RFK bridge failed. Zero percent of faces were "...detected within acceptable parameters."

The technology has been installed at the RFK, Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges and the Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels.

The New York Civil Liberties Union has been concerned about privacy issues since this was announced last year. And now what if the MTA can't get it right?

NYCLU's policy director Lee Rowland said, "Surveillance is notoriously inaccurate, particularly when it comes to tracking people of color."

The MTA told PIX11 News, this is still in the testing phase and no images are being shared with law enforcement.

Spokesperson Maxwell Young said, “The safety of our customers is our first priority and we have a responsibility to consistently challenge ourselves to explore emerging technology to achieve that goal, especially when it has absolutely no impact on service and protects people’s privacy."

If the MTA can get the facial recognition technology to work, Long Island resident Edith Ojibe said she hopes it will catch the bad guys.

"In this world that we live in right now, I mean, I'll be on board with it," she said.

However New Yorker Deloy Stoll isn't convinced the tech will do what it is supposed to.

"If they cant get a match and the pilot, or the test, or the beta came up with zero then there is no point in doing it," she said.

The MTA said it paid $25,000 for the technology. PIX11 News reached out to Idemia, the French company that produced it. They did not respond.