The New York Civil Liberties Union announced today it is asking a Federal court for access to information about the NYPD’s secret surveillance program that targets Muslim communities throughout the New York City area. “The NYPD’s reported surveillance of local Muslim communities raises serious questions concerning whether the Police Department has violated court-ordered restrictions on its ability to spy on and keep dossiers on individuals,” said NYCLU Legal Director Arthur Eisenberg in a statement. “In order to know whether the NYPD is violating the court order, we need a more complete explanation of the NYPD’s surveillance practices.”