... In court filings last week, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights , the Legal Aid Society, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. and the law firm of Beldock Levine...
June 7, 2020, New York – Early this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City’s curfew was lifted effective immediately. This change was preceded by a day of historic, peaceful...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to partner with CultureHub and La MaMa as part of La Mama LiveTalks , conversations with artists, activists and thought leaders from around the country...
June 12, 2020, New York – In response to Governor Cuomo signing the Safer NY Act into law, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the statement below. The Safer Act comprises the Police...
In this conversation, the last of a four-part series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19 , Samah Mcgona Sisay and Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Associate maya finoh discuss...
June 29, 2020, New York – In response to current reporting on the impending New York City budget vote, Lupe Aguirre , Bertha Just Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Civil rights lawyers want Zimroth to investigate why blacks and Hispanics made up an overwhelming majority of those issued summonses and arrested for violating social distancing rules. “Over the past...
... Civil liberties organizations had threatened to sue if the curfew was extended beyond Sunday. “Eliminating the curfew was a necessary step in stopping the cycle of police violence and silencing...
... Future historians will have to place Bratton’s legacy in its fullest context. For now, what’s clear is that he has had an oversized influence on how racial crime data continues to shape the lives...
...Calling it funny money, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which has been highly critical of the NYPD, said shifting school safety agents to the control of the Education Department is not...
