January 23, 2020... “Michael Bloomberg had no sense of what everyday New Yorkers -- particularly New Yorkers of color, working people, and low-income people -- he had no sense of what their lives were like, because...
Join CCR at Netroots Nation 2018 for this short film-series and talk-back, which will take place in Room 223 . The #NoBayouBridge short-film series and panel discussion will detail how a fight to...
Updated: July 30, 2018
December 18, 2019... The Center for Constitutional Rights today in a new report said what Black and Latino New Yorkers already know: racist policing is still a primary policy of the NYPD. Will new Police Commissioner...
October 29, 2013, New York – Today, attorneys in the landmark case Floyd v. City of New York urged the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reject the City’s effort to delay the remedies...
August 31, 2011, New York, NY – Today a federal judge rejected an effort by the City of New York to thwart a lawsuit filed by The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) that challenges the NYPD...
The Ramapough Lenape Nation are descendants of the original people of the Ramapo Mountains, and many of them reside in the village of Mahwah. The Tribe owns a parcel of land in Mahwah which is a...
Updated: April 12, 2022
Practice of Guaranteed Minimums, 93 Percent for Private Companies, Found Far More Prevalent Than Initially Thought June 16, 2016, Washington, D.C. and New York – Today, Detention Watch Network (DWN)...
“First Wednesday” 2/4 – Join us to talk about Policing in NYC and Beyond There is an intense national debate on police violence, brutality and racial justice. The nascent Black...
Updated: January 30, 2015
There is an intense national debate on police violence, brutality and racial justice. The nascent Black Lives Matter movement is thinking critically about how we can better promote respect and...
Updated: June 1, 2015
September 1, 2015The nationwide movement to end solitary confinement is growing – even attracting the attention of a Supreme Court justice – and today it took a significant step forward. CCR and the State of...
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