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We are the New York state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), fighting for the rights of all New Yorkers.
We have the right to free speech, whether the federal government likes it or not.
📷: Jordana Bermudez
📷: Jordana Bermudez
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We have the right to free speech, whether the federal government likes it or not.
📷: Jordana Bermudez
📷: Jordana Bermudez
The Trump administration is trying to coerce immigrants to abandon their claims to live in the U.S. and leave the country of their own accord.
Stripping people of their right to release is not only cruel, it’s illegal. Here are some of the ways we are fighting back:
Stripping people of their right to release is not only cruel, it’s illegal. Here are some of the ways we are fighting back:
Trump Is Forcing Immigrants to Flee. Here's How We're Fighting Back
Under the Trump administration, thousands of people who have not broken any laws currently sit trapped in detention centers without any idea if or when they will be able to return to their families an...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Trump administration is trying to coerce immigrants to abandon their claims to live in the U.S. and leave the country of their own accord.
Stripping people of their right to release is not only cruel, it’s illegal. Here are some of the ways we are fighting back:
Stripping people of their right to release is not only cruel, it’s illegal. Here are some of the ways we are fighting back:
Did you know that parts of the U.S. Constitution were inspired by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy - one of the world's oldest participatory democracies?
This Native American Heritage Month we're uplifting the many contributions of Native and Indigenous leaders and communities.
This Native American Heritage Month we're uplifting the many contributions of Native and Indigenous leaders and communities.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Did you know that parts of the U.S. Constitution were inspired by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy - one of the world's oldest participatory democracies?
This Native American Heritage Month we're uplifting the many contributions of Native and Indigenous leaders and communities.
This Native American Heritage Month we're uplifting the many contributions of Native and Indigenous leaders and communities.
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Acknowledging and telling the truth about our history, no matter how uncomfortable, is just one way we can honor the experiences of Indigenous peoples and decolonize Thanksgiving.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Acknowledging and telling the truth about our history, no matter how uncomfortable, is just one way we can honor the experiences of Indigenous peoples and decolonize Thanksgiving.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
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“Students are still really struggling. Having their friends and classmates not showing up … having to explain where those kids are going, that’s tough.”
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/11/26/immigration-enrollment-boom-halts-under-trump-adams-policies/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/11/26/immigration-enrollment-boom-halts-under-trump-adams-policies/
A wave of immigration boosted enrollment at dozens of NYC schools. Now, their numbers are falling.
At dozens of schools that took in the largest shares of migrant students in recent years, enrollment fell by 11% over the past year, wiping away years of gains.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Students are still really struggling. Having their friends and classmates not showing up … having to explain where those kids are going, that’s tough.”
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/11/26/immigration-enrollment-boom-halts-under-trump-adams-policies/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/11/26/immigration-enrollment-boom-halts-under-trump-adams-policies/
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 Gov’s desk that would do just that. Urge her to sign them now ⤵️
Three bills are on the Gov’s desk that would do just that. Urge her to sign them now ⤵️
Protect Abortion and Gender Affirming Care
Please take action!
action.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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 Gov’s desk that would do just that. Urge her to sign them now ⤵️
Three bills are on the Gov’s desk that would do just that. Urge her to sign them now ⤵️
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Protest is power. New settlement rules clarify how NYPD must respond at protest. Know your rights, show up safely.
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Tag #protesttestimonyproject at actions.
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Tag #protesttestimonyproject at actions.
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Protest is power. New settlement rules clarify how NYPD must respond at protest. Know your rights, show up safely.
protesttestimonyproject.org
Tag #protesttestimonyproject at actions.
protesttestimonyproject.org
Tag #protesttestimonyproject at actions.
“We’ve 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,” said @dlnyclu.bsky.social.
Why Are Guards Using Force More Often in New York’s Prisons?
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“We’ve 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,” said @dlnyclu.bsky.social.
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Two decades of misconduct and disciplinary records from New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released by @nyclu.org - www.nyclu.org/data/miscond...
DOCCS Officer Misconduct Database
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November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Two decades of misconduct and disciplinary records from New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released by @nyclu.org - www.nyclu.org/data/miscond...
Good. The indictment of Attorney General Letitia James is part of a long list of brazen abuses of power by the Trump administration.
Hands off Tish James.
Hands off Tish James.
A federal judge has dismissed the indictments against NY state Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey, ruling that Lindsey Halligan – who brought both of the indictments – was improperly appointed.
Here's the order dismissing the James case without prejudice:
Here's the order dismissing the James case without prejudice:
#140 in United States v. James (E.D. Va., 2:25-cr-00122) – CourtListener.com
ORDER AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing from ...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Good. The indictment of Attorney General Letitia James is part of a long list of brazen abuses of power by the Trump administration.
Hands off Tish James.
Hands off Tish James.
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:
With @nytimes.com, we just made public two decades of DOCCS officer misconduct + disciplinary records:
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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:
With @nytimes.com, we just made public two decades of DOCCS officer misconduct + disciplinary records:
Threats from the Trump admin are continuing to grow, but the New York City Council is running out of time to protect NYers’ rights to protest, to remain in their communities, to be free from risky surveillance tech + to have a functioning social safety net.
Urge councilmembers to take action now:
Urge councilmembers to take action now:
Protect NYC from Trump
Please take action!
action.aclu.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Threats from the Trump admin are continuing to grow, but the New York City Council is running out of time to protect NYers’ rights to protest, to remain in their communities, to be free from risky surveillance tech + to have a functioning social safety net.
Urge councilmembers to take action now:
Urge councilmembers to take action now:
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 discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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 discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
This warrantless home invasion by armed, unidentified immigration agents is the stuff of nightmares.
ICE's recklessness, lawlessness, and impunity puts everyone in danger. This cannot become normalized. ICE's terrorizing of our neighbors must end.
ICE's recklessness, lawlessness, and impunity puts everyone in danger. This cannot become normalized. ICE's terrorizing of our neighbors must end.
On Camera, Fed Agents Point Guns at Mother and Four Kids in Queens
The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived there and didn't show a warrant or identify themselves. Days later, the children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.
www.thecity.nyc
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This warrantless home invasion by armed, unidentified immigration agents is the stuff of nightmares.
ICE's recklessness, lawlessness, and impunity puts everyone in danger. This cannot become normalized. ICE's terrorizing of our neighbors must end.
ICE's recklessness, lawlessness, and impunity puts everyone in danger. This cannot become normalized. ICE's terrorizing of our neighbors must end.
Every New Yorker deserves to be safe. But flooding communities with summonses and arrests won’t get us there. It only causes abuse, resentment, and needless incarceration.
True safety comes from addressing the root causes of harm with compassion - not punishment.
True safety comes from addressing the root causes of harm with compassion - not punishment.
NYPD’s low-level arrests have surged under Tisch. Mamdani may end that streak.
Policing and criminal justice experts are split on the effectiveness of policing misdemeanor quality-of-life crimes.
gothamist.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Every New Yorker deserves to be safe. But flooding communities with summonses and arrests won’t get us there. It only causes abuse, resentment, and needless incarceration.
True safety comes from addressing the root causes of harm with compassion - not punishment.
True safety comes from addressing the root causes of harm with compassion - not punishment.
This decision confirms what we’ve said for months: courthouses are no place for ICE agents to arrest people.
This is a significant victory, but the work doesn't end here: we will keep fighting in the courts to ensure ICE is also prohibited from conducting arrests in immigration courts.
This is a significant victory, but the work doesn't end here: we will keep fighting in the courts to ensure ICE is also prohibited from conducting arrests in immigration courts.
Judge throws out Trump’s challenge of NY law barring arrests in courthouses — Queens Daily Eagle
A New York federal judge struck down a Justice Department lawsuit this week that sought to end a law that prevents immigration officials from arresting individuals in New York State courthouses.
queenseagle.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This decision confirms what we’ve said for months: courthouses are no place for ICE agents to arrest people.
This is a significant victory, but the work doesn't end here: we will keep fighting in the courts to ensure ICE is also prohibited from conducting arrests in immigration courts.
This is a significant victory, but the work doesn't end here: we will keep fighting in the courts to ensure ICE is also prohibited from conducting arrests in immigration courts.
On Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor and mourn those we've lost to anti-trans hate and violence.
Remember: A world without trans people has never existed, and never will. We won't back down in our fight for trans freedom.
Remember: A world without trans people has never existed, and never will. We won't back down in our fight for trans freedom.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
On Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor and mourn those we've lost to anti-trans hate and violence.
Remember: A world without trans people has never existed, and never will. We won't back down in our fight for trans freedom.
Remember: A world without trans people has never existed, and never will. We won't back down in our fight for trans freedom.
At this moment, if you call 911 regarding a mental health crisis in the five boroughs, who responds to the call depends entirely on where you’re calling from and what time of day it is.
We can - and must - do better. Here's how:
We can - and must - do better. Here's how:
Police Responses to Mental Health Crises Often Turn Deadly. Here’s a Better Way.
19-year-old Win Rozario called 911 for the same reason anyone would. He was in urgent need of help. The teen never got the assistance he needed. Instead, two police officers responded to the call. Wit...
www.nyclu.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
At this moment, if you call 911 regarding a mental health crisis in the five boroughs, who responds to the call depends entirely on where you’re calling from and what time of day it is.
We can - and must - do better. Here's how:
We can - and must - do better. Here's how:
NEW: We've filed a motion to unseal the Blackie’s warrant that ICE used to raid the Cato nutrition bar factory in upstate NY.
We're asking a federal judge to unseal these documents because we have concerns over the constitutionality of the warrant.
We're asking a federal judge to unseal these documents because we have concerns over the constitutionality of the warrant.
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: We've filed a motion to unseal the Blackie’s warrant that ICE used to raid the Cato nutrition bar factory in upstate NY.
We're asking a federal judge to unseal these documents because we have concerns over the constitutionality of the warrant.
We're asking a federal judge to unseal these documents because we have concerns over the constitutionality of the warrant.
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It's good that Commissioner Tisch is standing up to Trump by affirming that there is no basis to send the National Guard to NYC.
In the next mayoral admin, we hope the Commissioner places a renewed emphasis on officer accountability, eliminating racial disparities in enforcement - and much more.
In the next mayoral admin, we hope the Commissioner places a renewed emphasis on officer accountability, eliminating racial disparities in enforcement - and much more.
Jessica Tisch to Remain NYPD Police Commissioner Under Mamdani
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that he will appoint Jessica Tisch as his police commissioner, continuing her tenure that began under Mayor Eric Adams. They have differing views on some...
www.thecity.nyc
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's good that Commissioner Tisch is standing up to Trump by affirming that there is no basis to send the National Guard to NYC.
In the next mayoral admin, we hope the Commissioner places a renewed emphasis on officer accountability, eliminating racial disparities in enforcement - and much more.
In the next mayoral admin, we hope the Commissioner places a renewed emphasis on officer accountability, eliminating racial disparities in enforcement - and much more.
There is no federal law requiring schools to discriminate against trans students – only Trump’s executive orders, which do not carry the weight of law.
New York’s school districts are obligated to follow state law, not to further Trump’s hateful agenda.
New York’s school districts are obligated to follow state law, not to further Trump’s hateful agenda.
No Matter What Trump and Other Anti-Trans Politicians Say, Students In New York Have the Right to Use the Bathrooms That Align with Their Gender Identity
From President Trump to local politicians and school boards, some public officials seem intensely focused on which bathrooms New York students are using. Here in New York, the law is clear. Students h...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There is no federal law requiring schools to discriminate against trans students – only Trump’s executive orders, which do not carry the weight of law.
New York’s school districts are obligated to follow state law, not to further Trump’s hateful agenda.
New York’s school districts are obligated to follow state law, not to further Trump’s hateful agenda.
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Today on #NativeWomensEqualPayDay we spotlight the reality that Native American women working full-time year-round earn just 58 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men. This stark pay gap is unacceptable – join us in calling for #EquityForNativeWomen.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today on #NativeWomensEqualPayDay we spotlight the reality that Native American women working full-time year-round earn just 58 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men. This stark pay gap is unacceptable – join us in calling for #EquityForNativeWomen.
Good. Without the Protect Our Courts Act, immigrant New Yorkers do not have equal access to justice.
Our legal system can't function when people are too scared to step through courthouse doors.
Our legal system can't function when people are too scared to step through courthouse doors.
Judge Dismisses Trump’s Challenge of New York Law Barring Court Arrests
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Good. Without the Protect Our Courts Act, immigrant New Yorkers do not have equal access to justice.
Our legal system can't function when people are too scared to step through courthouse doors.
Our legal system can't function when people are too scared to step through courthouse doors.