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Police officers who engage in misconduct must be held accountable, but by whom? In most places throughout New York, investigations into police misconduct and final decisions regarding discipline are internal police matters. In short, police departments police themselves.
January 12, 2021The New York Civil Liberties Union submitted the following testimony regarding New York City’s police reform process.
January 11, 2021 Civilian Oversight of Police Police Accountability Racial JusticeThe New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) submitted these comments supporting the Civilian Complaint Review Board’s (CCRB) proposed sexual misconduct rules.
January 6, 2021 Police Accountability Civilian Oversight of Police LGBTQ Rights Transgender RightsThe NYCLU and ACLU submitted comments strongly supporting the New York City Commission on Human Rights’ Proposed Rules on Discrimination Based on Pregnancy, Childbirth, or Related Medical Conditions.
December 15, 2020 Rights of Pregnant and Parenting People Reproductive Rights and JusticeThe NYCLU, along with other LGBTQ elected officials, organizations, and activists, signed onto a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to sign the Gender Neutral Bathrooms Bill, which makes all single stall bathrooms in New York State gender neutral, to ensure that TGNC New Yorkers can use public f
December 14, 2020 LGBTQ Rights Transgender RightsThe NYCLU sent a letter along with other civil rights, labor, and civil society organizations, calling on Google to aid in opposing the alarming growth in law enforcement searches of Google user data.
December 10, 2020 Privacy and Technology Police Accountability Civilian Oversight of Police Freedom of Speech and Religion LGBTQ Rights Surveillance of Activists