LIU ON MAYOR'S CALL TO FINGERPRINT NYCHA RESIDENTS
NEW YORK, N.Y. – City Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following last week on Mayor Bloomberg's call to fingerprint people entering NYCHA buildings for security:
"Mayor Bloomberg's off-hand proposal to fingerprint all NYCHA residents treats public-housing residents as if they were criminals. If he were serious about building security, he would press NYCHA to install more security cameras, which are long overdue. Also, given the Administration's lousy record on technology, a program to install fingerprint scanners in NYCHA housing could very well become another boondoggle like the scandal-plagued CityTime. What a terrible idea."