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Tony Simone

Tony Simone is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the 75th District in Manhattan. Simone previously worked in community and government relations.

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DI has documented statements by Tony Simone on Basketball, Consumer Protection, and Free Speech, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Tony Simone

Tony Simone

Role at the time: New York state assemblymember

Condemned

Statement summary

Simone condemns excluding perceived legal adversaries rather than security risks and demands an end to the policy.

“The use of facial recognition technology by MSG Entertainment to ban members of the public, not for safety reasons, but as perceived legal adversaries is incredibly disturbing ... Any policies that bar members of the public for non-safety reasons must cease immediately.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)New York officials and privacy advocates oppose MSG's facial-recognition exclusionsStatements by Gonzalez, Krueger, Simone and Fox Cahn
Why we used this label

Reference point: MSG's policy of excluding lawyers at firms suing it. Simone calls banning perceived legal adversaries, rather than safety risks, disturbing and says such policies must stop. Minimized loses because Simone does not downplay the policy in any way.

Read statementJames Dolan defends MSG's facial-recognition lawyer exclusions; New York officials object

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