FILED: We're suing to block the three latest public charge rules [caption align="right"] [/caption] We filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Tuesday...
...Nahal Zamani, spokesperson for the Communities United for Police Reform: We’re disappointed in Governor Cuomo’s failure to address reducing police violence and improving police accountability and...
...The court also ordered the NYPD to begin tracking and investigating complaints of racial profiling. As of June 2019, the police department had failed to substantiate a single claim. (Zimroth has...
Please join the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and Human Rights Watch for a webinar on Israel-Palestine at the International Criminal Court (ICC) featuring Center for...
Join us for a virtual Freedom Flicks screening and Q&A of "Advocate" (2019) [caption align="right"] [/caption] We're excited to announce that we are going virtual with our next Freedom Flicks...
May 19, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the National Lawyers Guild’s announcement that it has settled a harassing lawsuit brought...
... Nearly five years ago, a group of men incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison reached a landmark legal settlement with California to end the state’s practice of long-term, indefinite solitary...
June 18, 2020, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s DACA decision today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump...
... The Center for Constitutional Rights and a coalition of other civil rights organizations are calling on federal prosecutors to release on bail two New York attorneys who are accused of throwing...
Emails show that in 2018, USCIS employees were rewarded with bonuses and a celebratory lunch for helping to create a new draconian "public charge" rule, which penalizes immigrants who access certain public benefits or are presumed at risk of needing public benefits, targeting low-income people of color and intentionally obstructing lawful immigration. The rule also discriminates against immigrants based on their wealth, race, country of origin, language abilities or disability status.
