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Photo: YouTube In response to footage released yesterday of Rochester police officers pepper spraying and handcuffing a 9-year-old Black girl on Friday, the New York Civil Liberties Union…
NYCLU's Christopher Dunn: “The court’s gag order is a prior restraint that plainly violates the First Amendment and is depriving the public of vital information about police misconduct.”…
Stefanie Coyle: “Schools should be an environment where children can learn and grow, and the presence of a flawed and racially-biased system constantly monitoring students makes that impossible."…
Nelson: "I frankly feel that COVID-19 has been racialized, really, and it’s now being used as a way to further oppress people of color. It’s just absolutely wrong."…
Governor Andrew Cuomo is focusing on using the state’s budget process to undermine bail reform. Proposals to walk back bail reform include allowing discretion for judges to decide…
Bloomberg was New York City mayor from 2002 to 2013. He presided over the notorious, illegal “Stop-and-Frisk” program. The NYPD conducted more than 5 million stops and interrogations.…
Attorney General James: “New Yorkers will not be held hostage by an Administration intent on restraining the sovereign rights of states, while it simultaneously enacts discriminatory policies across…
NY Civil Liberties Union: “The end of this decade marks a new dawn for justice in New York. The bail, speedy trial and discovery reforms set to take…
Riders Alliance Community Organizer Danna Dennis: "Riders need more subways and buses, not an expensive new police force. Governor Cuomo should cancel his order for the MTA to…
Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act will address racism and discrimination against New York farmworkers... Photo:Facebook New law ends 80 Years of Exclusion and Discrimination in State Labor Law...…
