New York state legislators have introduced a bill‚ named the Rest Stop Restaurant Act‚ that “would require food and beverage companies contracted to provide services along the Thruway and at the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey to stay open seven days a week‚” ABC 7 reports. Chick-fil-A‚ known for closing every Sunday‚ have multiple locations the legislation would impact. “As of now‚ there are seven Chick-fil-A locations on the New York State Thruway‚ with three more scheduled to be built‚” ABC 7 wrote. The legislation wants restaurants at travel stops to be open seven days a week for the “public good.” NewsNation provided further details: Chick-Fil-A‚ every day? A proposed New York bill is calling out rest stop Chick-fil-As for remaining closed on Sundays‚ saying every restaurant at travel rest stops should be open seven days a week. MORE: https://t.co/HTlZTYURsv #MorningInAmerica pic.twitter.com/ffmUdhCXXh — NewsNation (@NewsNation) December 19‚ 2023 “While there is nothing objectionable about a fast food restaurant closing on a particular day of the week‚ service areas dedicated to travelers is an inappropriate location for such a restaurant‚” the bill states. “Publicly owned service areas should use their space to maximally benefit the public. Allowing for retail space to go unused one seventh of the week or more is a disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers who rely on these service areas‚” it added. The legislation specifically identifies Chick-fil-A for being closed on Sundays. “Applegreen’s portfolio of companies include Chick-fil-A‚ which by company policy is closed on Sundays‚ and which has already opened at seven service areas‚” it reads. There was a bill introduced in New York that would require restaurants in certain publicly owned facilities to stay open all seven days of the week‚ specifically naming the Chick-fil-A policy to close on Sundays. pic.twitter.com/WmlQXbPUjp — Ben Zeisloft (@BenZeisloft) December 19‚ 2023 ABC 7 reports: One of the bill’s sponsors‚ Assemblyman Tony Simone‚ spoke to ABC News Albany affiliate WTEN about the importance of ensuring that New York State’s transportation facilities offer reliable food services. “You know‚ we get hungry when we’re traveling. We may not like our brother-in-law or sister-in-law’s cooking and wanna get a snack on Christmas Eve‚” Simone said. “To find one of the restaurants closed on the thruway is just not in the public good.” WTEN also reports that a Thruway official who also spoke with them said that‚ regarding the bill‚ “all 27 service areas that were a part of the $450 million project were built with no toll or tax dollars and that Chick-fil-A already signed a 33-year contract with the Thruway.” Simone clarified that “the Thruways are meant to serve New York travelers first‚” adding that he thinks it’s “ridiculous” that a food provider would be “able to close on Sunday – one of the busiest travel days of the week.” “New York Democrats are making it harder for Chick-fil-A to follow their religious principles‚” Newsmax noted. New York Democrats are making it harder for Chick-fil-A to follow their religious principles. Legislation proposed targets restaurants in rest stops across Thruway and those operated by Port Authority to remain open 7 days a week. https://t.co/t0itVqnDCL — NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) December 20‚ 2023 “Liberals hate Christianity so much they want to make it illegal for Chik-fil-A to be closed on Sundays to provide employees a day of rest‚” Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk commented. Liberals hate Christianity so much they want to make it illegal for Chik-fil-A to be closed on Sundays to provide employees a day of rest. https://t.co/TSzijjwK2g — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 19‚ 2023 Per Newsmax: New York Democrat lawmakers are targeting fast food giant Chick-fil-A‚ which is closed on Sundays‚ with legislation that mandates restaurants located in rest stops on the state Thruway or operated by the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey to remain open seven days a week. “Not only does Chick-fil-A have a long shameful history of opposing LGBTQ rights‚ it simply makes no sense for them to be a provider of food services in busy travel plazas‚” Assemblyman Tony Simone‚ D-Manhattan‚ the lawmaker sponsoring the legislation‚ said in a statement‚ Syracuse’s Spectrum News reported. “A company‚ that by policy‚ is closed on one of the busiest travel days of the week should not be the company that travelers have to rely on for food services.” Chick-fil-A has had a company policy since first opening in 1946 that the restaurants would be closed on Sundays to allow operators and team members “to enjoy a day of rest‚ be with their families and loved ones‚ and worship if they choose.” With the remodel of the 27 rest stops on the Thruway‚ new vendors have moved into travel plazas‚ including Chick-fil-A‚ which is occupying 10 of the 27 restaurant spaces.

The Federal Trade Commission has prohibited Rite Aid from using facial recognition technology‚ saying the drugstore chain deployed the technology without reasonable safeguards. “Rite Aid will be prohibited from using facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five years to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the retailer failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores‚” the FTC wrote Tuesday. “Rite Aid’s reckless use of facial surveillance systems left its customers facing humiliation and other harms‚ and its order violations put consumers’ sensitive information at risk‚” said Samuel Levine‚ Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “Today’s groundbreaking order makes clear that the Commission will be vigilant in protecting the public from unfair biometric surveillance and unfair data security practices‚” he added. US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use — US regulator said the company falsely identified consumers as shoplifters using the technology.https://t.co/n1nW841E0u — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) December 20‚ 2023 WATCH: The FTC proposed to bar Rite Aid from using facial recognition software in its drugstores for five years to settle allegations it improperly used the technology to identify shoplifters‚ the agency said Tuesday. https://t.co/G7wEveN9Zp pic.twitter.com/yDrb1Myo6W — CNBC (@CNBC) December 20‚ 2023 The FTC writes: The proposed order will require Rite Aid to implement comprehensive safeguards to prevent these types of harm to consumers when deploying automated systems that use biometric information to track them or flag them as security risks. It also will require Rite Aid to discontinue using any such technology if it cannot control potential risks to consumers. To settle charges it violated a 2010 Commission data security order by failing to adequately oversee its service providers‚ Rite Aid will also be required to implement a robust information security program‚ which must be overseen by the company’s top executives. In a complaint filed in federal court‚ the FTC says that from 2012 to 2020‚ Rite Aid deployed artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology in order to identify customers who may have been engaged in shoplifting or other problematic behavior. The complaint‚ however‚ charges that the company failed to take reasonable measures to prevent harm to consumers‚ who‚ as a result‚ were erroneously accused by employees of wrongdoing because facial recognition technology falsely flagged the consumers as matching someone who had previously been identified as a shoplifter or other troublemaker. Preventing the misuse of biometric information is a high priority for the FTC‚ which issued a warning earlier this year that the agency would be closely monitoring this sector. Rite Aid’s actions subjected consumers to embarrassment‚ harassment‚ and other harm‚ according to the complaint. The company did not inform consumers that it was using the technology in its stores and employees were discouraged from revealing such information. Employees‚ acting on false positive alerts‚ followed consumers around its stores‚ searched them‚ ordered them to leave‚ called the police to confront or remove consumers‚ and publicly accused them‚ sometimes in front of friends or family‚ of shoplifting or other wrongdoing‚ according to the complaint. In addition‚ the FTC says Rite Aid’s actions disproportionately impacted people of color. According to the complaint‚ Rite Aid contracted with two companies to help create a database of images of individuals—considered to be “persons of interest” because Rite Aid believed they engaged in or attempted to engage in criminal activity at one of its retail locations—along with their names and other information such as any criminal background data. The company collected tens of thousands of images of individuals‚ many of which were low-quality and came from Rite Aid’s security cameras‚ employee phone cameras and even news stories‚ according to the complaint. “Rite Aid said in a press release that it’s pleased to reach an agreement with the FTC but that it disagrees with the agency’s allegations‚” CNBC reports. “The allegations relate to a facial recognition technology pilot program the Company deployed in a limited number of stores‚” the company said‚ according to the outlet. According to CNBC‚ the company said it stopped using the technology before the FTC initiated its investigation. Rite Aid Barred From Using Facial Recognition Technology to Curb Shoplifting The FTC says some customers were falsely flagged as someone else who had previously been identified as a thief.https://t.co/9a4eRhOKYw — The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) December 20‚ 2023 Per CNBC: The FTC action comes after a Reuters investigation in 2020 detailed Rite Aid’s use of facial recognition technology in primarily lower-income‚ non-white neighborhoods. Reuters identified facial recognition software providers DeepCam and FaceFirst as RiteAid’s vendors. FaceFirst’s technology routinely misidentified Black individuals as shoplifters‚ the Reuters investigation found. Privacy and civil liberties advocates continue to raise alarms around the use of facial recognition software and the need for further regulation. The technology has led to increased surveillance‚ and numerous studies have shown the artificial intelligence underpinning the technology is more likely to misidentify people of color‚ leading to wrongful arrests. The proposed settlement is subject to approval by a court overseeing Rite Aid’s bankruptcy proceedings. The drugstore chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October amid slowing sales‚ rising debt and lawsuits alleging it contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic.

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