Syracuse Common Council tables biometric surveillance prevention bill

The Syracuse Common Council tabled a bill on Monday that would prevent business owners from using biometric surveillance systems.

Those systems include facial recognition and eye recognition programs.

Common Councilor Jimmy Monto says lawmakers need more time to look into the bill.

"We're constantly in a place where we're trying to strike a balance between keeping the public safe and also keeping everyone's constitutional rights and their data and their personal information also safe," Monto said. "We deserve both. We should be safe in our homes. We should be safe in streets but also we shouldn't have to walk into a grocery store and worry if someone is scanning our eyes and scanning our face."