NYCLU
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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.
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.
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.
VICTORY: The court has ordered the release of our client Joel, a teenager with Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status, who was unlawfully detained by ICE last month.
While it’s a huge relief that Joel can finally go home, ICE should have never detained him in the first place.
While it’s a huge relief that Joel can finally go home, ICE should have never detained him in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
VICTORY: The court has ordered the release of our client Joel, a teenager with Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status, who was unlawfully detained by ICE last month.
While it’s a huge relief that Joel can finally go home, ICE should have never detained him in the first place.
While it’s a huge relief that Joel can finally go home, ICE should have never detained him in the first place.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
You can never have enough totes!
Shop the NYCLU merch store and support our work defending civil rights & liberties: shop.nyclu.org
Shop the NYCLU merch store and support our work defending civil rights & liberties: shop.nyclu.org
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.
We keep each other safe. Hands off immigrants, and hands off NYC.
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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.
We keep each other safe. Hands off immigrants, and hands off NYC.
Last night we were at the Massapequa School Board meeting to speak out against their discriminatory - and illegal - bathroom ban.
All students have a right to safe, inclusive learning environments, and trans students are no different. We won't stop fighting.
All students have a right to safe, inclusive learning environments, and trans students are no different. We won't stop fighting.
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Last night we were at the Massapequa School Board meeting to speak out against their discriminatory - and illegal - bathroom ban.
All students have a right to safe, inclusive learning environments, and trans students are no different. We won't stop fighting.
All students have a right to safe, inclusive learning environments, and trans students are no different. We won't stop fighting.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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"I'm a troublemaker and I've always been a troublemaker. And I ask you to become a troublemaker, to not accept what's being done to our country, to always stand up for what's right."
Keep making good trouble @johnleguizamo.bsky.social, and thank you for being our Freedom Award honoree this year!
Keep making good trouble @johnleguizamo.bsky.social, and thank you for being our Freedom Award honoree this year!
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"I'm a troublemaker and I've always been a troublemaker. And I ask you to become a troublemaker, to not accept what's being done to our country, to always stand up for what's right."
Keep making good trouble @johnleguizamo.bsky.social, and thank you for being our Freedom Award honoree this year!
Keep making good trouble @johnleguizamo.bsky.social, and thank you for being our Freedom Award honoree this year!
We have the right to cast a ballot freely, fairly, and accessibly — without fear of deception or intimidation.
Know your rights at the polls 👇
Know your rights at the polls 👇
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We have the right to cast a ballot freely, fairly, and accessibly — without fear of deception or intimidation.
Know your rights at the polls 👇
Know your rights at the polls 👇
Happy #ElectionDay, New York!
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Happy #ElectionDay, New York!
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Voting is our voice and our power.
#ElectionDay is TOMORROW! If you haven't voted yet, make a plan to cast your vote. Polls will be open from 6am-9pm across New York State.
#ElectionDay is TOMORROW! If you haven't voted yet, make a plan to cast your vote. Polls will be open from 6am-9pm across New York State.
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Voting is our voice and our power.
#ElectionDay is TOMORROW! If you haven't voted yet, make a plan to cast your vote. Polls will be open from 6am-9pm across New York State.
#ElectionDay is TOMORROW! If you haven't voted yet, make a plan to cast your vote. Polls will be open from 6am-9pm across New York State.
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 Trump’s attacks.
Listen to the full episode, out now.
Listen to the full episode, out now.
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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 Trump’s attacks.
Listen to the full episode, out now.
Listen to the full episode, out now.
At the @benandjerrys.bsky.social Party For Our Protest Rights, Johanna Miller, NYCLU’s Education Policy Center Director, shared 3 ways you can fight back against censorship and fascism:
📣 Take to the streets
🫂 Talk to your friends and neighbors, online & in-person
☎️ Call your elected officials
📣 Take to the streets
🫂 Talk to your friends and neighbors, online & in-person
☎️ Call your elected officials
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
At the @benandjerrys.bsky.social Party For Our Protest Rights, Johanna Miller, NYCLU’s Education Policy Center Director, shared 3 ways you can fight back against censorship and fascism:
📣 Take to the streets
🫂 Talk to your friends and neighbors, online & in-person
☎️ Call your elected officials
📣 Take to the streets
🫂 Talk to your friends and neighbors, online & in-person
☎️ Call your elected officials
🗣️🗣️ Early voting starts TODAY!
Head to the polls now thru next Sunday (or on Election Day, November 4th) to make your voice heard for the New York you want to live in.
Head to the polls now thru next Sunday (or on Election Day, November 4th) to make your voice heard for the New York you want to live in.
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️🗣️ Early voting starts TODAY!
Head to the polls now thru next Sunday (or on Election Day, November 4th) to make your voice heard for the New York you want to live in.
Head to the polls now thru next Sunday (or on Election Day, November 4th) to make your voice heard for the New York you want to live in.
🗣️ NEW TALENT ANNOUNCED!
There are still tickets available for Monday's concert - get yours now!
www.nyclu.org/sing-out-for...
There are still tickets available for Monday's concert - get yours now!
www.nyclu.org/sing-out-for...
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🗣️ NEW TALENT ANNOUNCED!
There are still tickets available for Monday's concert - get yours now!
www.nyclu.org/sing-out-for...
There are still tickets available for Monday's concert - get yours now!
www.nyclu.org/sing-out-for...
Thank you to all of the volunteers and our coalition partners that distributed postcards to their friends and neighbors up and down New York State.
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thank you to all of the volunteers and our coalition partners that distributed postcards to their friends and neighbors up and down New York State.
Today we dropped 2000+ postcards to @governor.ny.gov’s office, each signed by a New Yorker who cares about protecting reproductive freedom and gender-affirming care in our state.
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Today we dropped 2000+ postcards to @governor.ny.gov’s office, each signed by a New Yorker who cares about protecting reproductive freedom and gender-affirming care in our state.
We're in court today to ensure the Trump admin cannot re-detain or deport our client, Mahmoud Khalil, as punishment for his protected speech.
Ideas are not illegal. No administration should be able to weaponize immigration law or unilaterally incarcerate people for sharing opinions they don't like.
Ideas are not illegal. No administration should be able to weaponize immigration law or unilaterally incarcerate people for sharing opinions they don't like.
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're in court today to ensure the Trump admin cannot re-detain or deport our client, Mahmoud Khalil, as punishment for his protected speech.
Ideas are not illegal. No administration should be able to weaponize immigration law or unilaterally incarcerate people for sharing opinions they don't like.
Ideas are not illegal. No administration should be able to weaponize immigration law or unilaterally incarcerate people for sharing opinions they don't like.
From Buffalo to New York City and all over the state, we took to the streets today to reject the Trump administration’s abuses of power. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From Buffalo to New York City and all over the state, we took to the streets today to reject the Trump administration’s abuses of power. #NoKings
We’re out today joining millions of Americans speaking out to defend our freedoms from a wannabe king. See you out there, New York.
📣 NO KINGS 📣
@dlnyclu.bsky.social
📣 NO KINGS 📣
@dlnyclu.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We’re out today joining millions of Americans speaking out to defend our freedoms from a wannabe king. See you out there, New York.
📣 NO KINGS 📣
@dlnyclu.bsky.social
📣 NO KINGS 📣
@dlnyclu.bsky.social
NO KINGS.
We'll see you in the streets tomorrow.
📸:Scout Tufankjian
We'll see you in the streets tomorrow.
📸:Scout Tufankjian
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NO KINGS.
We'll see you in the streets tomorrow.
📸:Scout Tufankjian
We'll see you in the streets tomorrow.
📸:Scout Tufankjian
We’re excited to announce the opening of the NYCLU merch store! Join us in gearing up for the fight with new t-shirts, sweatshirts, totes, and more.
To celebrate, we're offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $30 for the next week - just use code WELCOME at checkout. Shop now: store.nyclu.org
To celebrate, we're offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $30 for the next week - just use code WELCOME at checkout. Shop now: store.nyclu.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We’re excited to announce the opening of the NYCLU merch store! Join us in gearing up for the fight with new t-shirts, sweatshirts, totes, and more.
To celebrate, we're offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $30 for the next week - just use code WELCOME at checkout. Shop now: store.nyclu.org
To celebrate, we're offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $30 for the next week - just use code WELCOME at checkout. Shop now: store.nyclu.org
Invasive surveillance cameras are being installed in classrooms across Nassau County with direct, live feeds to the local county police department, without any oversight or public discussion.
We're filing a FOIL request to demand the contracts, agreements and timeline on this program immediately.
We're filing a FOIL request to demand the contracts, agreements and timeline on this program immediately.
October 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Invasive surveillance cameras are being installed in classrooms across Nassau County with direct, live feeds to the local county police department, without any oversight or public discussion.
We're filing a FOIL request to demand the contracts, agreements and timeline on this program immediately.
We're filing a FOIL request to demand the contracts, agreements and timeline on this program immediately.
NEWS: We're launching an online merch store!
Get your gear starting this Thursday 🛍️
Get your gear starting this Thursday 🛍️
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEWS: We're launching an online merch store!
Get your gear starting this Thursday 🛍️
Get your gear starting this Thursday 🛍️