Barry v. City of New York (Defending right to take photographs in NYC subway system)

E.D.N.Y., Index No. CV11-5533 (direct) This lawsuit defends the public’s right to take photographs in the New York City subway system without fear of being arrested or having to show identification to police.

Broadway Triangle Community Coalition v. Bloomberg (Challenging discriminatory NYC housing development plan in Brooklyn)

State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 112799/09 (direct)

Pregnancy Care Center v. City of New York (Defending NYC law requiring PSCs to disclose scope of their services)

S.D.N.Y., Index No. 11-cv-2342 (WHP) (amicus) Second Circuit, Index No. 11-2735-cv (amicus)

Levitt v. NYPD (Seeking access to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly's daily schedule)

State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 11-111836 (direct) This lawsuit challenges the NYPD’s refusal to disclose basic details of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly’s daily schedule.

Little v. LATFOR (Defending a state law that ended prison-based gerrymandering)

Court Filings

State Supreme Court, Albany County, Index No. 2310-2011 (direct) This case involves a challenge to a New York law allocating people in prison to their home communities for redistricting and reapportionment.

Battle v. City of New York (Challenging NYPD practice of searching innocent livery cab passengers)

S.D.N.Y., Index No. 11 CV 3599 (direct) This lawsuit challenges the NYPD’s unlawful practice of detaining, questioning and searching innocent New Yorkers – particularly blacks, Latinos and other non-whites – while they are passengers in livery cabs.

Windsor v. United States (Challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act)

A.E. v. City of Syracuse (Challenging police officer's use of a Taser on a Syracuse high school student)

N.D.N.Y., Index No. 5:10-CV-1542 (direct) This lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Syracuse high school student who was shot with a Taser by a police officer in September 2009. The student, a ninth grader at the time, was attempting to stop a fight between two female classmates at Fowler High School at the time of the incident.

Reisner v. Catone (Challenging Office of Professional Discipline's failure to investigate and sanction Gitmo psychologist)

State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 10115400 (direct)

Cunningham v. New York State Department of Labor (Challenging warrantless GPS tracking of state employee's personal car)

State Supreme Court, Albany County, Index No. 8140-10 (direct) This lawsuit challenges the New York State Department of Labor’s warrantless planting of a GPS tracking device on an employee’s personal car.