Because freedom can't protect itself, you should become a card-carrying member of the NYCLU today!
Support the New York Civil Liberties Union: Make a Tax-Deductible Gift to the NYCLU Foundation.
The NYCLU is a public-interest law firm that principally addresses issues involving challenges to a government law, policy or practice affecting the constitutional rights – that is, the civil liberties and civil rights – of a significant number of people arising in New York State. Find out how to get help with such an issue.
An informed membership is freedom’s best defense. Sign up for NYCLU emails to keep informed and know when to act.
Page 1 of 2
Next >
Skip to page: Refine Search by Issue:
Next >
Skip to page: Refine Search by Issue:
Court Cases
Open
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)
Open
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.Open
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.
Open
Lino v. City of New York (Challenging aspects of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk database)
State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 10-106579 (direct)
Open
NYCLU v. NYPD (Seeking access to police shooting incident reports)
State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 115298/09 (direct)
This lawsuit challenges the NYPD’s refusal to disclose basic facts about individual police shootings.
Court Filings
Closed
Sultan v. Kelly, et al. (Challenging the NYPD's subway bag search program)
E.D.N.Y., Index No. 09 CIV 698 (direct)
This case, filed on Feb. 19, 2009, challenges the NYPD’s subway bag search program.
Court Filings
Open
NYCLU v. New York City Police Department (Seeking access to racial data for police shootings)
State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 08 110557 (direct)
This case challenges the NYPD’s refusal to disclose information about the role of race in police shootings.
Closed
Blair v. City of New York, et al. (Challenging NYPD's racially biased stop-and-frisk practices)
S.D.N.Y., Index No. 08 CIV 4303 (direct)
This case challenges the NYPD’s unlawful and unconstitutional stop-and-frisk policies and practices.
Court Filings
Closed
People of the State of New York v. Taylor (Challenging capital punishment on racial bias grounds)
State Supreme Court, Queens County, Indictment No. 1045/2000, 1012/2001 (amicus) The issue in this case is whether or not the Court should consider the history of racial bias and prejudice in the United States when deciding whether or not to stay an execution.
Closed
Paynter v. State of New York (Challenging racial isolation in Rochester school districts)
Supreme Court, Monroe County, Index No. 10280/98, App. Div, 4th Dept., Docket No. CA 01-00567 (amicus) This case arises out of the concentration of poverty and the isolation of minority school children within the Rochester City School District (RCSD) and raises the question as to whether such racial isolation creates a cognizable legal claim for relief under the Education Article of the state Constitution.
Page 1 of 2
Next >
Skip to page:
Next >
Skip to page: