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‘Ban the Scan’: Momentum builds to curb MSG facial recognition technology

By Big New York · 08/15/2026 · Updated 08/15/2026

One of the largest venues in the city, Madison Square Garden, is at the center of a campaign gaining momentum at City Hall to ban the surveillance tech. The bill hadn’t gotten much traction, but on Friday, a top aide to Mayor Mamdani — consumer affairs commissioner Sam Levine — backed the bill. News 4’s.

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One of the largest venues in the city, Madison Square Garden, is at the center of a campaign gaining momentum at City Hall to ban the surveillance tech. The bill hadn’t gotten much traction, but on Friday, a top aide to Mayor Mamdani — consumer affairs commissioner Sam Levine — backed the bill. News 4’s.

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