September 6, 2013, New York – Today, in Floyd v. City of New York , a federal class action lawsuit that successfully challenged the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) stop-and-frisk...
September 5, 2013, New York – In response to the announcement today that prisoners in Security Housing Units (SHU) throughout California have suspended their third hunger strike after nine...
August 30, 2013 – In response to signals from the Obama administration that it will pursue U.S. military intervention in Syria in the wake of attacks last week, the Center for Constitutional...
August 28, 2013, New York – Today, in response to revelations that the NYPD has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organizations, Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional...
August 28, 2013, Berkeley, CA – Civil rights organizations this week welcomed news that the Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has closed three investigations against...
August 22, 2013 – Today, in response to the New York City Council’s override vote on the Community Safety Act, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following statement: We...
August 21, 2013 – In anticipation of tomorrow’s New York City Council override vote on the Community Safety Act, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following statement: We...
August 15, 2013, New York - In response to news that the City plans to file their first appeal in the Floyd v. City of New York class action tomorrow, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued 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...
July 30, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the verdict in the trial of Bradley Manning: While the "aiding...