Immigrant group alleges NYPD fails to provide interpreters for limited-English speakers
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant rights organization Make the Road New York has filed a complaint against the NYPD, alleging that the department has…
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Immigrant rights group files complaint against NYPD over language access
Leave your thoughtsWhen Mayor Bill de Blasio defends New York’s “sanctuary city” policies, he often cites a public safety rationale. Immigrants must…
‘Stop and Frisk’ is Over, But Low-Level NYPD Encounters Now Raise Concerns
Leave your thoughtsOne fall evening about two years ago, a man named Dister was walking with a friend in Washington Heights, near…
New York Justice Delayed Is New York Justice Denied
Leave your thoughtsIt has been nearly three years since Kalief Browder tragically ended his own life after being caged, abused, and tortured…
Cuomo Signs Executive Order Barring State Police From Asking People About Immigration Status
Leave your thoughtsALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Friday, barring New York State Police and other agencies from asking…
Police Brutality and Deportation Won’t Stop the Deadly MS-13 Gang
Leave your thoughtsWalter Barrientos, 32, is Long Island organizing director for Make the Road New York, an immigrants rights group based in…
One way to end biased discipline in schools
Leave your thoughtsAt a town hall in Staten Island, a high school student asked Mayor Bill de Blasio whether he is willing…
Instan se elimine la presencia policial en escuelas de NYC
Leave your thoughtsDecenas de estudiantes se manifiestan frente a las escalinatas de la alcaldía. Organizaciones de estudiantes y grupos comunitarios instan este…
Youth Leaders and Pols Urge New York City to Yank the NYPD Out of Public Schools
Leave your thoughtsMembers of the Urban Youth Collaborative are calling on the city to end the school-to-prison pipeline. Madina Toure/Observer Youth leaders…
The $3.4 Trillion Mistake: The Cost of Mass Incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All
Leave your thoughtsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Imagine if, back in 1982, our federal, state, and local policymakers had assembled the U.S. public and offered…