The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging the City of Yonkers’ refusal to disclose public records of its investigation into the unsolved murder of John Acropolis, a union reformer who was shot dead in 1952 after battling the mob’s influence in the local trash hauling industry.

Lending a civic-minded message to the bright lights of Times Square, the New York Civil Liberties Union today launched an advertisement on one of the plaza’s massive video billboards to remind New Yorkers with criminal records that they have the right to vote.

The New York Civil Liberties Union today issued a statement regarding New York City Council Resolution 858 that calls on Congress to repeal a federal law barring students with a drug conviction from receiving federal financial aid for college.

The New York Civil Liberties Union today expressed concern about the NYPD’s consideration of expanding its use of Tasers, in light of the death of Inman Morales, who died from a fall yesterday after police shot him with a Taser as he stood on the ledge of a Brooklyn apartment building.

In comments submitted today to the Bush administration, the New York Civil Liberties Union urged the withdrawal of proposed federal regulations that could jeopardize access to health care services for millions of women in New York and across the country.

The New York Civil Liberties Union today called on the City Council to pass proposed legislation that would close perceived loopholes in current law and safeguard women’s access to reproductive health care clinics while protecting the protest rights of abortion opponents.

A federal court today ordered the Department of Defense to release photographs depicting the abuse of detainees by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the government's appeal of a 2006 order directing the Defense Department to release the photos. Today’s decision comes as part of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights seeking information on the abuse of prisoners held in U.S. custody overseas.

The New York Civil Liberties Union today testified before a City Council committee on the urgent need to reform the city’s public mental health facilities, including Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn where staff ignored a psychiatric patient as she lay dying on a waiting room floor this past June.

As the presidential election approaches, the New York Civil Liberties Union today announced it has launched an intensive statewide campaign to help New Yorkers with criminal records reclaim their right to vote.

The New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, seeks members of the class of 2009, current judicial law clerks, or other fellowship applicants or recipients to sponsor for fellowships.