Current Escalations Tied to Past Failure to Hold Agencies Accountable for Abuses July 20, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to recent...
March 8, 2012, New York – Today, United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on the issue of back pay in a class action lawsuit that found the Fire...
March 25, 2021New York City cannot address the NYPD’s long history and continuation of unconstitutional and racially discriminatory policing practices without substantive engagement with the communities most...
Defending the rights of detainees during COVID-19 As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise, the pandemic is exposing and exacerbating stark systemic...
Updated: May 5, 2020
Defending the rights of detainees during COVID-19 As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise, the pandemic is exposing and exacerbating stark systemic...
Updated: May 8, 2020
Attorneys Say Report by Monitor Overseeing Reforms Misleads June 7, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a court filing highlighting ongoing racial disparities...
February 16, 2016, New York – Today, the court-appointed monitor overseeing reforms to the New York City Police Department’s unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices filed his second interim report...
Join CCR and The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC , in association with The Public Theater's Public Forum , for an evening of storytelling and conversation about CCR’s Supreme Court case...
Updated: January 26, 2017
October 2, 2015Long before a national spotlight was cast on the long-standing, tempestuous relationship between police and the Black and Brown communities they occupy, New York City was in the limelight for its...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to partner with The Climate Museum for a conversation with Joy and Jo Banner as part of the Climate Museum’s current exhibition in New York City...
Updated: April 8, 2024
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