[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.”
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NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
NY Assembly Passes Bill Requiring Freeze on Facial Recognition in Schools
[Facial Recognition Technology]
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.”
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COVID-19 “RACIALIZED” TO OPPRESS AND FURTHER POLICE BLACK PEOPLE SAYS VETERAN JOURNALIST
[Democracy Now!\Jill Nelson\NYPD\Racial Policing]
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.”
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WHY IS CUOMO TRYING TO ROLLBACK BAIL REFORM?
[No Bail Reform Rollbacks\COVID-19]
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 an individual’s freedom based on their perceived dangerousness.
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BLOOMBERG’S RACIST HISTORY AND MISOGYNY OVERLOOKED IN “ELECTABILITY” ARGUMENT
[2020 Elections\Bloomberg’s Racism and Misogyny]
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.
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP’S NEW PROHIBITING TRAVEL POLICY TARGETING NEW YORK
[Trump’s Discriminatory TTP Policy]
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 the country.”
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NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS SET TO START ON JAN. 1
[Mass Incarceration\Bail Reform]
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 effect in the new year will mean that thousands of New Yorkers who are presumed innocent of the misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges they face will no longer be forced to sit in jail awaiting trial.”
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NY TRANSIT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: INVEST IN MTA SERVICE UPGRADES NOT MORE MTA POLICE
[New York News\MTA]
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 hire new police officers it cannot afford and doesn’t need. The governor needs to face the facts: crime is down and ridership is up. New Yorkers need more service and less surveillance, more public transit and less abuse of the public trust.”
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New York Passes Historic Farmworker Fair Labor Law
[New York State Labor News]
Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act will address racism and discrimination against New York farmworkers…
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