Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where Wegmans isn't the only store using facial recognition technology.
Here's what else is happening:
- Unlicensed drivers caused about 25% of the car crash fatalities in New York City from 2021 through 2024, according to a Streetsblog analysis.
- City inspectors between 2023 and 2025 found hundreds of faulty scales in grocery stores, including at Gristedes, Westside Market and Whole Foods locations.
- Here are short profiles of this year's eight brand new City Council members.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul said she wants to charge AI data centers more for the electricity they use.
- The highest residence in Brooklyn — the 92nd floor penthouse of the Brooklyn Tower — could be yours for $17 million.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has named Rafael Espinal, a former city and state lawmaker who's led the Freelancer's Union for the past five years, the new head of the city's film office.
- An app called Are You Dead? — which notifies a user's emergency contacts if they fail to check in after several days — is booming in China.
- Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead guitarist who recently died at the age of 78, was a big short shorts guy.
- And finally, see ya:
