October 31, 2014, New York – Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted the City of New York’s request to withdraw its appeal of Floyd v. City of New York , the landmark stop-and-...
The court-appointed monitor overseeing reforms to the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy has made his final recommendations. Peter Zimroth submitted two policy changes to a judge. One prohibits stops based...
Ever since the New York Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy was ruled unconstitutional back in 2013, the city's been trying to shrink the number of stops officers make and avoid...
March 27, 2014 - Today, the UN Human Rights Committee issued highly critical concluding observations on the United States’ compliance with international human rights requirements. CCR had...
In 2010, the U.S. Bureau of the Census hired over a million temporary employees to conduct census surveys and serve in clerical positions. The Bureau ran the names of all applicants through the FBI...
Inspector General report slams NYPD for continued biased policing six years after stop-and-frisk trial On Wednesday, the Office of the Inspector General for the New York City Police Department...
Fox News responded to the CCR's letter on Friday, January 21, 2011. Scroll down to read Fox News' response. January 20, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued...
Darius Charney is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Consitutional Rights, where he works on government misconduct and racial justice cases. He is lead counsel on Floyd v. City of New York ,...
October 14, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protesters: The Center for Constitutional Rights...
New York City’s police force, in its fight against crime, has increasingly used a strategy known as “stop, question and frisk,” which allows officers to stop someone based on a...
