(January 9, 2020, 11:27 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A surveillance technology watchdog group sued New York City Transit (NYCT) in New York state court on Jan. 6, seeking to compel the agency to comply with a request under the state’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) for documents related to the purported use of facial recognition technology on the city’s subway system (Surveillance Technology Oversight Project v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, et al., No. 150127/20, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....