NYCLU Applauds Gov. Paterson’s Pledge to Reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws
Jan072009
The New York Civil Liberties Union today applauded Gov. David Paterson for pledging to reform the failed Rockefeller Drug Laws in his State of the State Address.
Record Number of Innocent New Yorkers Stopped, Interrogated by NYPD
May 12, 2009 -- The NYPD stopped and interrogated more innocent people during the first three months of 2009 than during any three-month period since the Department began collecting data on its troubling stop-and-frisk program. Police made more than 151,000 stops of completely innocent New Yorkers – the overwhelming majority of whom were black and Latino. These innocent people did nothing wrong, but their names and addresses are now stored in a police database.
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TSA Officials And JetBlue Pay $240,000 To Settle Discrimination Charges
Jan052009
In a victory for constitutional rights, two Transportation Security Authority (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid Raed Jarrar $240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated against the U.S. resident based on his ethnicity and the Arabic writing on his t-shirt. TSA and JetBlue officials prevented Jarrar from boarding his August 2006 flight at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport until he agreed to cover his shirt, which read "We Will Not Be Silent" in English and Arabic, and then forced him to sit at the back of the plane.
New NYCLU Report Examines Life for Teen Parents After Closure of P-Schools
Dec222008
The New York Civil Liberties Union’s Reproductive Rights Project (RRP) today released a report calling on New York City lawmakers to maintain and expand support services for pregnant and parenting teens in the city’s public schools.
NYCLU: Bush Regulations Block Access to Birth Control and Jeopardize Women’s Health
Dec192008
The New York Civil Liberties Union today strongly condemned regulations proposed by the Bush administration that could jeopardize access to contraception and other basic health care services for millions of women in New York and across the country.
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