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communicating @nyclu.org
As threats to repro rights and gender-affirming care mount across the country, New York must do all it can to protect our personal health care decisions and ensure everyone can get the care they need.
Three bills are on the Govβs desk that would do just that. Urge her to sign them now ‡οΈ
βWeβve seen some horrific abuses in the New York State prisons system of late and we know that when corrections officers are not held accountable for wrongdoing, abuses are more likely to happen,β said @dlnyclu.bsky.social.
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BREAKING: For years, directly impacted people, advocates and experts have raised the alarm on the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision's (DOCCS) culture of violence.
With @nytimes.com, we just made public two decades of DOCCS officer misconduct + disciplinary records:
BREAKING: The FBI infiltrated the private Signal chat of a volunteer group monitoring ICE activity at immigration courts.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discreditedβand often lawlessβoverreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
NEW: We've filed a motion to unseal the Blackieβs warrant that ICE used to raid the Cato nutrition bar factory in upstate NY.
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We're asking a federal judge to unseal these documents because we have concerns over the constitutionality of the warrant.
There is no federal law requiring schools to discriminate against trans students β only Trumpβs executive orders, which do not carry the weight of law.
New Yorkβs school districts are obligated to follow state law, not to further Trumpβs hateful agenda.
Our volunteers were in Washington Heights (and all across Brooklyn and Queens) today to talk with our neighbors about how to protect themselves in potential interactions with ICE or the National Guard.
We keep each other safe. Hands off immigrants, and hands off NYC.
November is Trans Awareness Month - so what better time for Governor Hochul to sign bills to protect gender-affirming care?
Add your name to urge her to put pen to paper, now:
New Yorkers voted en masse last year for the NY Equal Rights Amendment, enshrining critical protections from government discrimination into our state constitution.
Now the State is arguing in court that the ERA canβt be enforced. But thatβs not the law ‡οΈ
Hands off immigrants.
Hands off our neighbors.
Hands off New York City.
Join us this Saturday, November 15th, as we canvass key neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens to ensure our neighbors know their rights for potential interactions with ICE or the National Guard.
Sign up now ππ
Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
New Yorkers should be able to protest with safety and dignity.
But the NYPDβs SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. Thatβs why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
"26 Federal Plaza isnβt functioning as a courthouse. Itβs functioning as an abduction trap. And as an inhumane de facto jail." - @nyccomptroller.bsky.social
We're suing the Trump administration over their - illegal - policy of arresting people for appearing in court. And we won't back down.
NY lawmakers passed several important bills this year. They will strengthen abortion and gender-affirming care, resist book bans, keep families together, protect checks & balances, and allow New Yorkers to die with dignity.
But right now, they're gathering dust on the Gov's desk. Ask her to sign π
Happy #ElectionDay, New York!β
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Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line! β
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If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
On the newest episode of Rights This way, Professor Katherine Franke - previously a tenured law professor at Columbia University - talks about the climate of censorship + fear at colleges and universities, and efforts to fight back against Trumpβs attacks.β
Listen to the full episode, out now.
Tens of millions of people rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families.
Our government must not let people go hungry.
ICE is targeting and traumatizing young children with cruel immigration raids - and then trying to strip them of their due process rights when they're alone, without attorneys or family to help them.
This campaign of terror needs to end. Add your name π
Early voting is underway!
NYC voters, make sure you're up to speed on your ballot:
At the @benandjerrys.bsky.social Party For Our Protest Rights, Johanna Miller, NYCLUβs Education Policy Center Director, shared 3 ways you can fight back against censorship and fascism:
π£ Take to the streets
π« Talk to your friends and neighbors, online & in-person
βοΈ Call your elected officials
As @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, Tish James has given so much to New Yorkers. Today, I was honored to stand up and tell her: Weβve got your back.
We will not stand by as Trump corrupts our government to go after our honest & duly elected attorney general.
Hands off Tish James. Hands of New York.
BREAKING: ICE unlawfully arrested E.J.C.C., a 16-year-old Bronx high schooler with protective SIJ status. ICE agents illegally detained him when he appeared for a mandatory, routine check in. Now, ICE is attempting to deport him to dangerous conditions in Ecuador.
We are filing for his release.
Millions across the country - including over 100,000 people in NYC - took to the streets this weekend to say NO. KINGS.
"It just goes to show you that the power of the people is stronger than the people in power," said Drea Herrera, a senior organizer for the NYCLU.
From Buffalo to New York City and all over the state, we took to the streets today to reject the Trump administrationβs abuses of power. #NoKings
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What a day!
It was an invigorating day hitting the streets with thousands of New Yorkers speaking out to reclaim and defend our freedoms from the madness of a wannabe king.
#NoKings!
If you'll be out in the streets demonstrating this weekend, make sure you know your rights:
π£ You have the right to protest peacefully, no matter your citizenship status
πΈ You have the right to film the police as long as you do not interfere with police activity
Learn more π
An autumnal collage featuring three pieces of NYCLU-branded merch: A blue sweatshirt, a rainbow kaleidoscope fannypack, and a canvas tote that reads "Litigate, Legislate, Liberate". Above, the headline text reads "Gear up for the fight. Get yours starting October 16!"
NEWS: We're launching an online merch store!
Get your gear starting this Thursday ποΈ
βHaving access to a book is a lifeline,β said Megan Porter, NYCLU staff attorney. βItβs not just having something to do to spend the time, but to also participate in what seems like a small act but connects people to feeling more human.β
ICE officials must start complying with the First Amendment.
We must continue the fight to defend the rights of Native American and Indigenous people to:
βοΈ Speak and protest freely
βοΈ Achieve a sound education
βοΈ Live free from discrimination and criminalization
