July 15, 2022...When I was growing up on Buffalo’s East Side, most, if not all, of my neighbors were Black. The racial composition of my neighborhood was no accident; it was the byproduct of Buffalo’s shameful...
On September 15, 2022 , at the Peoples Forum, the Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to partner with the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice and Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)...
Updated: September 15, 2022
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights June 3 - 6, 2022 , for a virtual screening of A Crime on the Bayou and an exclusive discussion on the struggle against racism in the Jim Crow South. In...
Updated: September 19, 2022
August 5, 2022... As officials across the country move to criminalize people for accessing abortion, reproductive and gender-affirming care, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams have attempted to position...
August 5, 2022... Traditionally, the CCRB defers allegations of profiling and bias-based policing to the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau. But with over 3,400 complaints filed between 2014 to 2021, only four were...
New York plays a key role in the deportation machine, despite branding itself as “progressive” and “welcoming of immigrants.” New York’s complicity...
Updated: September 19, 2022
September 23, 2022... But stop and frisks have increased dramatically under Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, whom he appointed in December. Police recorded 4,116 stop-and-frisks in the second quarter of...
Remy Burton is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights. He works on discriminatory policing, racial justice, and challenging mass incarceration. Prior to coming to the Center...
Mikaila Hernández is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on defending the rights of asylum seekers and immigrants taking sanctuary, challenging...
October 24, 2022... Earlier this year, the Downtown Brooklyn + Dumbo Art Fund opened “ Mind Forged Manacles/Manacle Forged Minds, ” a ten-foot sculpture touching on themes of incarceration and dividing communities...
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