August 27, 2011, New York – Today, in response to news not only that Mayor Bloomberg announced the City of New York does not plan to evacuate the 12,000 prisoners at Rikers Island in advance of...
February 14, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded to new data released to the City Council by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) summarizing stop...
August 17, 2012, New York – In response today’s ruling by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which excluded as untested and...
December 30, 2013, New York – In response to the announcement that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has selected former United States Attorney Zachary Carter as incoming Corporation Counsel for the...
August 12, 2013, New York – In a landmark decision today, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s highly controversial stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional. In...
CCR attorney Rachel Meeropol will be arguing before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in regards to the cross appeal filed by parties in the case of Turkmen v. Ashcroft . Turkmen v. Ashcroft is a...
Updated: February 8, 2008
Hearing in Vulcans ( United States , et al. v City of New York ) a federal class action lawsuit originating from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges filed by CCR on behalf of the...
Updated: July 19, 2010
Panelist: Darius Charney , Center for Constitutional Rights Jesus Gonzales , Make the Road- New York 's Youth Power Project Robert Perry , New York Civil Liberties Union Retired law enforcement...
Updated: September 27, 2010
No More Deportations. Police Should Not Be Immigration Agents. Governor Paterson Must Stop ICE’s “Secure Communities” in NY Now! Please join us on Thursday, December 9 th for a...
Updated: December 6, 2010
Did you know? · Last summer, 7 Brigadistas, after exercising their constitutional right to travel to Cuba, were visited by the FBI. · Last September, Anti-war activists in the mid-west...
Updated: April 6, 2011
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