Legislative advocacy is a critical part of the NYCLU's interdisciplinary approach to protecting civil liberties, which also includes litigation, community organizing, and communications.
As part of its work to affect legislation the NYCLU distributes dozens of legislative memoranda each year. Legislative memoranda are position papers that the NYCLU distributes to the governor's office and to state legislators and their staffs laying out our views on bills under deliberation or on issues that we feel the Legislature needs to address.
VIEW A LIST OF OUR LEGISLATIVE MEMOS BELOW:
The New York Privacy Act will do little to curb current data collection and monetization practices, less to deter future privacy abuses, and almost nothing to protect the rights of the actual people whose...
The Youth Interrogation Bill will provide critical protections for children under the age of 18 during police interrogations. Chiefly, the bill will require that all children subject to police interrogation...
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we need stronger privacy protections. It is impossible to have an abortion without leaving a digital trail and electronic health...
Children with intersex traits should have an opportunity to make decisions about their bodies once they are able to determine what is best for themselves.
This bill would permit the Department of...
The NYCLU opposes S.1042 / A.3596, a bill that would amend New York’s existing revenge porn law to unconstitutionally criminalize publication of “intimate images created by digitization.” The bill violates...
For decades, adolescents in New York have been able to consent on their own to prenatal care, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, as well as abortion care without involving a parent...