Commission on Human Rights finds NYPD discriminated against Make the Road NY’s Spanish-speaking members
Leave your thoughtsNew York City’s Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) found probable cause to back Make the Road New York’s complaints alleging…
Category: Policing and Criminal Justice
Second Amended Complaint MRNY et al. v NYPD
Leave your thoughtsDOWNLOAD HERE On September 8, 2017, Complainants filed their initial complaint. Complainants filed an amended complaint on August 13, 2018.…
Defunding the police means prioritizing public services, investing in communities
Leave your thoughtsThe months-long protests over police brutality and systemic racism has mobilized hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers — and one…
Black Activists Wonder: Is Protesting Just Trendy for White People?
Leave your thoughtsCherish Patton recalled springing into action when a friend sent her a message that a New York City police officer…
Estudiantes de NYC se unen en protesta para exigir escuelas libres de policías
Leave your thoughtsLas escalinatas del Departamento de Educación se vistieron de blanco y negro este jueves, después de que estudiantes alzaran su…
Urban Youth Collaborative arranges ‘Police-Free Schools Now!’ banner to fly over Rockaway Beach
Leave your thoughtsThe Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC), a grassroots coalition of students fighting for transformative education reform in New York City, arranged a banner…
Lawmakers To Take Up 50-a Repeal; Advocates Push For Full Repeal
Leave your thoughtsA bill that would make it easier for police disciplinary records to be disclosed is scheduled to be taken up…
Some elected officials refuse cop PAC money
Leave your thoughtsWith police brutality protests erupting across the country and neighborhoods across Queens, several officials running for re-election in the city…
De Blasio’s Empty Words: The Mayor’s Long-Running Failure to Ensure Police Accountability
Leave your thoughtsEarlier this week, after nearly six-and-a-half years in office and repeatedly failing to meaningfully and systematically hold his own police…
A Chance to Repeal a ‘Walking While Trans’ Ban
Leave your thoughtsIn 1976, New York criminalized behavior described as “loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense.” The statute…