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Anti-Muslim activities in New York "misguided and divisive": NYCLU report
The New York Civil Liberties Union just released a report on the rise of anti-Muslim activities throughout the state. The report, according to NYCLU, "examines the role that federal national security...
View ArticleNYCLU goes to court over NYPD's Muslim surveillance
The New York Civil Liberties Union announced today it is asking a Federal court for access to information about the NYPD's secret surveillance program that targets Muslim communities throughout the New...
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N.Y.C.L.U. to City: Let Educators Handle School Discipline
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s Young Men’s Initiative, which was announced in August, identifies problems afflicting too many young men of color: high suspension and arrest rates, and low graduation and...
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Reporting on Student Suspensions Is the First Step
We have known for years that the New York Police Department handcuffs misbehaving schoolchildren as young as 5. But just how deep and wide the use of punitive tactics against young children has been...
View ArticleLooking Again at Police Arrest Data
Over a 50-day period recently, beginning last summer, the police arrested or ticketed four New York City students a day, according to records released by the New York City Police Department last month....
View ArticleOn Keeping Church and Schools Separate
The United States Supreme Court refused in December to intervene in a 16-year legal battle against New York City’s prohibition on the use of schools for religious worship services. Some 160 religious...
View ArticleFive Students Arrested a Day, Police Data Show
City school safety agents and police officers arrested an average of five public school students a day last fall, according to new data released by the New York Police Department.The arrest numbers...
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Why Are Charter Schools Exempt from Bullying Law?
New York State's heralded anti-bullying law is about to go into effect July 1. But the state Board of Regents recently took some teeth out of the law, known as the Dignity Act, when it said that...
View ArticlePolice Release Report on School Arrests
The city made 327 arrests at the city's schools this winter, just over five a day, and handed out 555 summons, according to new data released by the New York Police Department. It was a slight uptick...
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To Help Close the Achievement Gap, Address Stop-and-Frisk
Eighteen-year-old Angel Ortiz feels lucky when a stop-and-frisk encounter doesn’t also lead to a wrongful arrest.Alberto MoralesUdi OferIn February last year, when Angel was in the 10th grade, he was...
View ArticleNYCLU Files Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement
The New York Civil Liberties Union is charging that the state’s practice of sending people into solitary confinement for non-violent crimes is a violation of civil rights.A lawsuit being filed in...
View ArticleAdvocates Call for New Approach to School Safety
After years of disagreements with City Hall over the NYPD's handling of schools safety, a coalition of children's advocates and the New York Civil Liberties Union called for the next mayor to scrap the...
View ArticleClass-Action Lawsuit Challenging New York's Public Defender System Moves To...
A State Supreme Court ruled this week that a class-action lawsuit challenging the effectiveness of the state's public defender system can move to trial.The New York Civil Liberties Union said it filed...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Changes To Solitary Confinement in NY
The New York State prison system is about to become the largest in the country to ban the use of solitary confinement as punishment for prisoners under 18, according to the New York Civil Liberties...
View ArticleNYCLU Launches Campaign Inspired by Hit Series
The New York Civil Liberties Union has launched a campaign to draw attention to alleged conditions in prisons in Suffolk County, Long Island. The NYCLU's Jen Carnig said it was inspired by the hit show...
View ArticleLawsuit Challenges the State's Public Defender System
Poor New Yorkers facing criminal charges across the state are appearing in arraignments without attorneys in violation of their constitutional rights, according to a new report from the New York Civil...
View ArticleChancellor Fariña Says Discipline Code Revisions Still in the Works
Weeks after a five-year-old boy was restrained at his school, the New York Civil Liberties Union called on the Department of Education to cut down on the use of force by school safety agents.Executive...
View ArticleCity Settles Lawsuit Over School Safety Agents
New York City will pay $54,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by students who claimed they were victims of excessive force by school safety agents.The suit was originally filed by the New York Civil...
View ArticleLong Island Lawsuits Challenge Local Cooperation with Federal Immigration...
New York is known as a sanctuary city, where law enforcement is required to limit its cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expressed support for this policy, but it's...
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