A coalition of groups – including The Legal Aid Society, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York Immigration Coalition and Make the Road New York — slammed the effort to add a banking chip to new IDNYC cards, warning that the privacy risks of adding a smart chip to the municipal identification cards would “outweigh any purported benefits.” THE CITY reports that Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (D-Brooklyn) on Thursday introduced a bill that would bar the ID cards from containing hidden information or any transmission technology.

“If implemented, the proposed changes to IDNYC would facilitate unprecedented, wide-scale data collection about New Yorkers’ travel, spending, and other activities,” the coalition wrote in a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio, sent on Thursday.

Read the full letter here.