Annual Reports
We Were Made for This (2016)
For the past 65 years, the New York Civil Liberties Union has been dedicated to defending civil liberties and civil rights.
July 29, 2017
Defending Dignity (2015)
Dignity emerged as a decisive theme of the NYCLU’s work in 2015. We fought to protect and elevate the value of all New Yorkers’ rights to bodily integrity and self-determination.
May 17, 2016
Annual Report (2013)
The victories of 2013 were far-reaching and numerous: Fair marriage won the day in the Supreme Court as DOMA tumbled, and stop-and-frisk was condemned as unconstitutional, opening the way for broad, progressive reforms. New York City and State stand poised for positive change, buoyed by a new mayoral administration explicitly committed to equity and advancing the rights of all New Yorkers.
January 25, 2014
Annual Report (2012)
At the New York Civil Liberties Union, change is constant. Each day we work to change laws, change
minds and change hearts. And although the results of this work are often slow, they are far from invisible.
But this year has been different. This year, change was not merely an idea, but something tangible that
we felt, heard and saw. Real couples granted the right to marry. Real communities marching for fair and
just policing. Real students receiving comprehensive sex education.
Annual Report: 60 Years of Fighting for Civil Liberties (2011)
The New York Civil Liberties Union’s 60th anniversary is both a milestone and a marker in our ongoing commitment to preserve and protect our democracy. Since its founding in 1951, the NYCLU has helped shape our society and made a difference in people’s lives.
Over the past 60 years the NYCLU has:
- Contested the witch hunts and loyalty oaths of the McCarthy era and protected the right to protest
- Stopped school censorship and ended forced prayer in the public schools