June 29, 2020, New York – In response to current reporting on the impending New York City budget vote, Lupe Aguirre , Bertha Just Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Formosa Taking Emergency Appeal to Stop Prayer Event Community Members Previously Threatened With Arrest for Visiting Ancestors’ Graves June 18, 2020, Convent, Louisiana – Today, Judge Emile R. St...
June 12, 2020, New York – In response to Governor Cuomo signing the Safer NY Act into law, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the statement below. The Safer Act comprises the Police...
June 7, 2020, New York – Early this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City’s curfew was lifted effective immediately. This change was preceded by a day of historic, peaceful...
June 4, 2020, New York – Today, the attorneys behind two class action lawsuits that challenged the New York City Police Department (NYPD)’s stop-and-frisk and trespass enforcement practices as...
May 31, 2020, New York – In response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s explicit defense of the NYPD’s use of violent and unjustified force against protesters, as well as the history of impunity for brutality...
May 31, 2020, New York – In response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s explicit defense of the NYPD’s use of violent and unjustified force against protestors, as well as the history of impunity for brutality...
May 27, 2020, New York – In response to the killing of another unarmed Black man by the hands of police, Vince Warren , executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, issued the...
Moratorium Requested on NYPD Social-Distancing Enforcement May 26, 2020, New York, NY - Today, the attorneys behind two of the three landmark class action lawsuits that challenged the NYPD’s stop-and...
New Letter from Formosa Plastics Denies Access to Burial Grounds of Enslaved People May 22, 2020, St. James, LA — St. James residents today re-asserted their rights to visit burial grounds on...