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This week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that he is empowering police and emergency service providers to forcibly hospitalize unhoused community members they...
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MT. VERNON, NY (Monday, November 28, 2022) – Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman of the Conference of National Black Churches and Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church...
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New York, NY (Monday, November 28, 2022) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), today issued the following statement on the...
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NASSAU COUNTY – The New York Civil Liberties Union, with pro bono counsel from Milbank LLP, appealed a lower court ruling against police transparency to the Appellate...
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NEW YORK – Monday, the New York Civil Liberties Union released an exclusive report highlighting the increasing use of drones owned by New York government agencies, the...
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New York, NY— Thursday, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemary Maldonado scheduled the NYPD disciplinary trial of Officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis for their...
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NEW YORK, N.Y. –– The State of New York (“The State”) is being named in a series of civil actions collectively alleging that at least 750 individuals were sexually assaulted...
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NEW YORK, N.Y. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Adam P. Slater of Slater Slater Schulman LLP, a...
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The family of Ronald Anthony Smith, who was killed by NYPD officers in April on a Brooklyn street, will meet with the CCRB on Mon 11/14. They will hold a media availability...
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NEW YORK – Thursday, in the New York Civil Liberties Union’s (NYCLU) cases against the Syracuse and Rochester Police Departments, the Appellate Division issued the state’s...
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CPR Spokesperson Ileana Méndez-Peñate (she/her) issued the following statement regarding the reported increase in arrests of people with a history of mental health problems...
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Earlier this month, residents in New York’s 17th Congressional District opened their mailboxes to find a mailer disparaging state bail reform efforts and featuring pictures...
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Thursday, the parents of Kawaski Trawick, the Justice Committee, Communities United for Police Reform, and family attorney Royce Russell attended the pre-trial court...
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NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul today released a report on the role of online platforms in the tragic Buffalo mass shooting...
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A lawyer named Frank Cassisi filed a forged retainer agreement in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in an attempt to work with a chapter 7 trustee to gain...
Milton, are you denying or finding it insignificant that the TPLF attacked a federal army base...
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