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Local Issues, News & Reports
• NYCLU, Community Advocates Question Syracuse Common Council Vote on Surveillance Plan, November 22, 2010
• Community Groups Rally in Opposition to Surveillance Plans, November 8, 2010
• NYCLU Statement to Onondaga County Legislature Hearing on the Onondaga County/Syracuse Human Rights Commission, October 8, 2010
• Chapter Steps Up Pressure on Onondaga County to Improve Conditions at Local Jail, October 7, 2010
• Syracuse PD Clamoring For More Cameras, September 28, 2010
NYCLU Central New York Chapter Director Barrie Gewanter at the Westcott Street Fair in Syracuse on September 19, 2010.
• Job Description for Police Assigned to Syracuse Schools, September 9, 2009
• Chapter assists Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary celebration march, July 17, 2009
• East Syracuse 'Disruptive Conduct' Law
• Free Speech at Auburn City Council Meetings
• NYCLU Lends its Support for New Local Human Rights Law in Binghamton
• Spencer Van-Etten Students' First Amendment Rights