New York Civil Liberties Union

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Reports: Federal Monitor Could Be Appointed For NYPD Over Stop-And-Frisk

The New York Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday called a reported plan for a federal monitor on the NYPD to address the stop-and-frisk program a great step forward.

2013/06/12

2012 Stop-And-Frisks By Race (credit: NYCLU)

NYCLU: Stop-And-Frisk Ineffective At Taking Guns Off Streets

The New York Civil Liberties Union has used the NYPD’s own statistics to dispute the police department claim that the stop-and-frisk program effectively takes guns off the streets.

2013/05/22

The entrance to the D, F, N, and Q trains. (Credit 1010 WINS reporter Gary Baumgarten.

Judge Tosses Law Requiring Subway Passengers To Give Police Their ID

A federal judge this week threw out a New York City transit system rule that allowed police officers to demand identification documents from anyone riding the subway.

2013/03/23

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Concern Mounts Over Bloomberg’s Remark That Security Drones Are Likely Coming

Some New Yorkers have expressed serious concern after Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s remark that more security cameras, and even spy drones, will soon be chipping away at our personal space.

2013/03/23

Experts, Parents, Lawmakers Blast Database Providing Personal Student Information To Vendors

A new national database that compiles personal student information for educational companies that contract with public schools is being blasted by privacy experts.

2013/03/14

Suffolk County Votes To Remove 2 Trailers Full Of Sex Offenders

Suffolk County lawmakers have voted unanimously to move 38 homeless sex offenders out of two construction trailers, and place them in scattered locations throughout the county.

2013/02/05

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (file/credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

NYPD Report: Minorities Account For 90 Percent Of Stop And Frisks

The report, titled “Reasonable Suspicion Stops,” show a total of 685,724 people were detained in 2011. The New York Civil Liberties Union fought for the release of the figures last year.

2013/02/05

NYS Corrections Commissioner Reacts To NYCLU Solitary Confinement Report

The average sentence to solitary lasted about five months, but the NYCLU data showed that some were kept in seclusion for years.

2012/10/02

Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the First Baptist Church of Brownsville on June 10, 2012 (Photo Credit: Spencer T Tucker/NYC Mayor's Office Flickr)

Bloomberg Defends NYPD’s Stop-And-Frisk Program, Says It Should Be ‘Mended, Not Ended’

Mayor Michael Bloomberg stood at the pulpit of a black church in a high-crime area of Brooklyn on Sunday to make a tough point: The New York Police Department policy of street stops would continue in a city where “96 percent of shooting suspects are black or Hispanic.”

2012/06/11

Stop & Frisk Watch App (credit: Evan Bindelglass / CBSNewYork)

New Android App Lets You Record, Report NYPD Stop-And-Frisks

If you are involved in a stop and frisk conducted by a member of the NYPD, you can now easily record and report it, WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported.

2012/06/06

Phil Datz, left, and his attorney, Robert Balin. (credit: Mona Rivera, 1010 WINS)

NYCLU Files Civil Rights Lawsuit On Behalf Of Cameraman Arrested By Suffolk Police

Philip Datz, who works for Stringer News Service, claims in the lawsuit that the Suffolk County police department engaged in a pattern of harassing journalists.

2012/04/11

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Glen Cove Mayor Defends Addition Of Dozens Of Surveillance Cameras

A network of 50 surveillance cameras will be watching the downtown areas and municipal parking lots 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

2012/04/06

Angel, on left , Leticia Ledan, claim they were both stopped by police officers in their private apartment buildings (credit: Juliet Papa/1010 WINS)

Lawsuit: NYPD Making Illegal Stop-And-Frisks In Private Buildings

The New York Civil Liberties Union and Hispanic groups said a stop-and-frisk program by the NYPD puts tenants and their guests at a heightened risk of unjustified and unlawful arrests.

2012/03/28

NYCLU Wants Changes After Suicides At Nassau Co. Jail

In the past two years, five inmates at the Nassau County Jail have committed suicide.

2012/03/21

Brooklyn Assemblyman Joseph Lentol Sees Deal For DNA Databank

The chief Assembly sponsor of legislation to double New York’s DNA database with genetic information from all felony and penal misdemeanor offenders says he expects a compromise to pass.

2012/03/13

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