Press Releases

Comment on Governor's Parolee Voter Enfranchisement Announcement

NEW YORK − The New York Civil Liberties Union offers the following comment from executive director Donna Lieberman in response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's announcement that he would sign an executive order granting people on parole the right to vote:

April 18, 2018

NYCLU Sues Suffolk Police to Force School-to-Deportation Pipeline Transparency

NEW YORK − The New York Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the Suffolk County Police Department yesterday for failing to answer public records requests regarding its role in the identification, arrest, and detention by federal authorities of immigrant students accused of gang involvement.

April 9, 2018

Class Action Suit Challenges Trump Administration’s Indefinite Detention of Immigrants

NYCLU, ACLU, BDS Seek Renewal of Stalled Bond Hearings

April 5, 2018

State Budget Ignores Needed Reforms

ALBANY – The Governor and state lawmakers finalized the state budget for FY 2019 late last night after weeks of negotiation without including key criminal justice, voting and reproductive rights reforms.

March 29, 2018

NYCLU, ACLU Tell Greyhound to Reject Border Patrol Raids on Buses

March 20, 2018

NYCLU Asks Appeals Court to Expand Ruling Against Unaffordable Bail

POUGHKEEPSIE − The New York Civil Liberties Union announced today it will ask the appeals court to expand a significant ruling in Dutchess County which found that setting unaffordable bail without considering the defendant’s ability to pay violates fundamental equal protection and due process r

March 16, 2018