The decision by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel on Monday brings an abrupt halt to a practice begun under the Trump administration.
“In the wake of the Court’s decision, New York and states across the country can and must continue to defend the right to vote.”
HE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION issued a statement praising Mayor-elect Mamdani’s decision to keep NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
A judge extended limits on ICE detentions at 26 Federal Plaza, citing overcrowding and inhumane conditions while ordering humane standards.
NYPD TRAFFIC STOPS HAVE INCREASED BY 25%, and search and seizures increased by at least 70%, according to an NYCLU analysis.
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE “flooding the skies” with highly invasive surveillance drones without regulation or oversight, the NYCLU warned.
A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.
USING STRONG LANGUAGE IN THE WAKE OF DONALD TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION to the U.S. Presidency, the New York Civil Liberties Union vowed.
THE NYCLU warned that the state’s new Mobile ID program poses a risk that the government might use the phone app.
Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that bans transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports at certain county-run parks and facilities. This
New York’s state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law, a state judge ruled this week. State Supreme Court Justice
The state last week reached an agreement to settle one of several lawsuits brought against it in recent years alleging that it had failed to meet its constitutional obligation to
New York City’s reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk” as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul
STATEWIDE — State legislators, advocates, and New Yorkers affected by court debt gathered at the State Capitol on Wednesday to demand the passage of the End Predatory Court Fees Act.
A New York civil rights organization sued the state’s court system Thursday seeking to overturn a law barring people with felony convictions from serving on juries. The New York Civil
New York is set to launch automatic voter registration and prohibit the use of facial recognition in schools under bills the governor signed Tuesday. Lawmakers who have largely met virtually
Two civil rights organizations are suing the New York Police Department on behalf of protesters who say they were roughed up by officers because they expressed anti-police views during nightly
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. Hundreds of thousands of New York City students are heading
New York City police officers have faced more than 320,000 complaints from the public since the mid-1980s, but less than 3 percent resulted in penalties, according to newly released data
New York City opened new traveler checkpoints Thursday to register visitors and residents returning from nearly three dozen states who are required to quarantine for 14 days — an initiative
A federal appeals court has halted a civil rights organization’s plan to publish a database of New York City police disciplinary records, the latest twist in a lawsuit by public
Civil liberties groups are asking a state court to block New York election officials from enforcing a requirement that voters register 25 days before an election. Representatives of the New
Reversing her initial ruling, a federal judge cleared the way Tuesday for a civil rights organization to provide the public with disciplinary records it obtained from New York City’s police
During anti-police violence protests that have gone on in Brooklyn and New York City since the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police officers, some protesters have claimed to have
NEW YORK (AP) — COVID-19 patients will be allowed visitors in some New York hospitals and small Memorial Day ceremonies will be allowed. In New York City, online schooling will
NEW YORK (AP) — One newly surfaced video of social distancing enforcement gone wrong in New York City shows a police officer running at a black man and throwing him
After years of pressure from activists and government officials, New York’s state legislature this year may finally repeal a law that shields police misconduct records from public view. The law,