To get into the Atlantic Plaza Towers now tenants just need to swipe their key fobs.

But now many at the complex are outraged that their landlord wants to upgrade the entry system with facial recognition technology.

Nelson Management Group owns the rent stabilized complex. The landlord is now asking the city's permission to install StoneLock biometric access technology. Tenants and their advocates say it's a frightening invasion of privacy.

“It scares me to death," said one man who lives in the building.

“There's no information that we've received about who would have access to that data, the biometric data, where would it be stored, who could it potentially be shared with," said another tenant.

A spokesperson for Nelson says finding and using cutting edge technology is one of their priorities

"The sole goal of implementing this technology is to advance that priority and support the safety and security of residents," a statement from the company reads. But tenants say they're being steamrolled.

“He's made it a point, a very strong point, that he will not give the decisions to tenants to opt in or opt out," said worried tenant.

It's now up to the department of Homes and Community Renewal to review the landlord's application to modify the system. Tenants want officials to close the door on the plan.

Representatives from the technology company say the system would need just five percentage of a user's facial information in order to grant access to these buildings.

As for the process, DHCR officials say they are reviewing the landlords application and that they are committed to giving due process to both the landlord and the tenants.