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DOJ Files Lawsuit Against the City of New York for FDNY's Discriminatory Hiring Practices

January 1, 2007

On May 21, 2007, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of New York, charging it with discriminatory hiring practices against black and Latino potential firefighters. The lawsuit...

Federal Appeals Court Finds for Minority Public School Teachers Who Say NYC Board of Education Discriminated Against Them

August 18, 2006

Highest Court in New York to Hear Challenge to Monopoly Prison Telephone Contract

July 10, 2006

The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes the news that its motion for leave to appeal to the highest court of the state, the Court of Appeals, was granted in Walton v. NYSDOCS. The lawsuit seeks...

Attorneys for Gitmo Detainees on Hunger Strike Win Court Order to Receive Medical Records

October 25, 2005

On October 25, 2005, in Washington, D.C., United States District Court Judge Gladys Kessler issued an opinion in the case of four Saudi nationals on hunger strike at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp...

Federal Judge Rules on Constitutionality of Kickback in Contract Between New York State Prisons and MCI

August 30, 2005

Center for Constitutional Rights announced a major victory on August 30, 2005 for the families and friends of people incarcerated in New York State prisons. The federal trial court in Byrd v. Goord...

Supreme Court Rules Prisoners Guaranteed Due Process Review Before Supermax Confinement

June 13, 2005

In Washington, D.C, on June 13, 2005, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that prison officials cannot confine inmates in long term solitary confinement in a supermaximum prison without...

Center for Constitutional Rights Files Lawsuit Challenging City’s Policy of Prohibiting Political Marches Along Fifth Avenue

March 16, 2005

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint on behalf of the International Action Center and the Troops Out Now Coalition on Wednesday March 16 challenging the City’s policy of...

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DOJ Files Lawsuit Against the City of New York for FDNY's Discriminatory Hiring Practices

Federal Appeals Court Finds for Minority Public School Teachers Who Say NYC Board of Education Discriminated Against Them

Highest Court in New York to Hear Challenge to Monopoly Prison Telephone Contract

Attorneys for Gitmo Detainees on Hunger Strike Win Court Order to Receive Medical Records

Federal Judge Rules on Constitutionality of Kickback in Contract Between New York State Prisons and MCI

Supreme Court Rules Prisoners Guaranteed Due Process Review Before Supermax Confinement

Center for Constitutional Rights Files Lawsuit Challenging City’s Policy of Prohibiting Political Marches Along Fifth Avenue

CCR Files EEOC Discrimination Charges for Three African-American Applicants to the NYFD

Docket: CCR Files Amicus Brief in Support of Voting Rights for Felons

CCR Joins With Other Human Rights Groups to Advocate on Behalf of Women in Prison

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