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Prominent Defense Attorney, David G. Jay, Dies at Age 71
May 18, 2010 -- David G. Jay, a nationally known civil rights lawyer and one of the area's top criminal defense attorneys, died today at Hospice Buffalo after a five-year battle with thyroid cancer. He was 71.
Click here to read the complete obituary on the Buffalo News web site.
NYCLU Regional Director John A. Curr III said: "David was a remarkable attorney and friend to five directors here. A former NYCLU state board member, David was the voice of the ACLU in Buffalo for many years.”
May 1 Rally for Comprehensive Immigration Reform in Buffalo
NYCLU Western Regional Organizer Mario Ezekiel Hernandez spoke on behalf of the NYCLU at the May 1 rally for comprehensive immigration reform in Buffalo’s Marin Luther King, Jr. Park.
The NYCLU along with local allies Reform Immigration for America, the Western New York Peace Center, PUSH-Buffalo, Buffalo State Students for Peace, Hispanics United of Buffalo and a number of community organizations rallied in solidarity with activists and allies from across the state and nation to urge Congress to fix the immigration system.
NYCLU Comments on Facebook Privacy
NYCLU Regional Director John A. Curr III was interviewed by the regional CNN affiliate, YNN-Buffalo, in response to recent privacy changes made on the social media networking site, Facebook.
Voices from the Community: A Discussion on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
On March 30, the NYCLU and its allies hosted Voices from the Community: A Discussion on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, a forum at The Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. The forum featured, Sophie Feal, supervising immigration attorney from the Erie County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project, Deacon Jim Anderson, from the Network of Religious Communities and chairman of the Western New York Peace Center, Lourdes Iglesias, executive director of Hispanics United of Buffalo, and the NYCLU's Western Regional Director John A. Curr III Regional Organizer Mario Ezekiel Hernandez. We had a lively discussion on how comprehensive immigration reform could benefit citizens and immigrants alike.