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.
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.
You can never have enough totes!
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Shop the NYCLU merch store and support our work defending civil rights & liberties: shop.nyclu.org
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
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.
"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!
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.
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.
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.
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