Today both chambers of the New York legislature voted to approve an emergency sick leave measure to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union released the following statement from executive director Donna Lieberman:
The New York Civil Liberties Union and The Bronx Defenders have moved for a preliminary injunction in Velesaca v. Wolf et al., a joint lawsuit challenging the New York City ICE field office’s practice of jailing nearly all of the people they have arrested over the last three years without first con
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Today the New York Civil Liberties Union, Rutgers Law School Constitutional Rights Clinic, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York filed a lawsuit to end New York’s policies of banning internet and social media access for people required to register as sex offenders who are relea
The New York Civil Liberties Union and Equal Justice Under Law today filed a federal class action lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr and other federal officials to halt unconstitutional practices at bond hearings in the Buffalo and Batavia immigration courts that have resulted in the jai
The following is a statement from New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman, in response to the Emergency Powers bill being considered in the legislature.
“We commend the Governor’s leadership and decisive executive actions to limit the spread of the coronavirus, including
Exclusive Data Shows ICE’s New York Field Office Denies Release in Virtually All Cases
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union and The Bronx Defenders today announced a federal class-action lawsuit challenging a recently-enacted policy of New York City-area federal immigration officials of