New York City will settle its long-running legal battle over the Police Department’s practice of stopping, questioning and often frisking people on the street — a divisive issue at the...
January 30, 2014, New York – After 14 years of litigation and decades of community action, plaintiffs’ counsel and Mayor Bill de Blasio reached an agreement which will result in the...
By MARK TOOR Police-reform advocates announced Jan. 10 that they were opposing efforts by the police unions to intervene in a suit the Bloomberg administration filed to block an anti-profiling law...
January 2, 2014 , Washington – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) petitioned the Supreme Court to review their case challenging surveillance by the National...
December 30, 2013, New York – In response to the announcement that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has selected former United States Attorney Zachary Carter as incoming Corporation Counsel for the...
To the Editor: Re “ After Issues in Stop-and-Frisk Case, Court Alters Rules on Judge Assignments ” (news article, Dec. 24): Your article suggests that our stop-and-frisk case, Floyd v...
Ten Steps Bill de Blasio and Bill Bratton Should Take to Fix Stop-and-Frisk The road to police reform begins with community participation and a court-appointed monitor. David A. Harris December 20,...
