The Coalition
One campaign, dozens of organizations.
Ban the Scan is led by a steering committee of civil rights and civil liberties organizations, and backed by a growing coalition of community groups, legal organizations, and advocates across New York.
Steering Committee
Who leads this campaign.
These organizations set the strategy and direction for the Ban the Scan campaign.
Amnesty International
Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU School of Law
Fight for the Future
New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
Surveillance Resistance Lab
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
The Legal Aid Society
Coalition Members
27 organizations, standing together.
Legal defenders, immigrant justice groups, digital rights advocates, and community organizations across New York have all signed on.
Amnesty International
Athena Coalition
Bronx Defenders
Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU School of Law
CFA – Consumer Federation of America
EFF – Austin
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Encode Justice
Fight for the Future
Freedom to Thrive
Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
May First Movement Technology
National Action Network
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
No Ethics in Big Tech
NYLS Privacy Law Association
Oakland Privacy
Open MIC
Policing and Social Justice Project
Restore the Fourth
Rights/Tech
Secure Justice
Surveillance Resistance Lab
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
The Legal Aid Society
The Project on Government Oversight
Get Involved
Join the coalition.
Represent an organization that wants to help ban biometric surveillance in New York? Tell us about your organization below.
Take Action
Your legislators need to hear from you.
Sign the petition, contact your representatives, and stay in the loop as these bills move through the City Council and State Legislature.