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1/ NEW: Gov. Hochul has signed the Shield 2.0 bill, which will protect repro + gender-affirming care providers who treat their patients despite the threats, as well as their patients, those seeking care, and those supporting them.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
1/ NEW: Gov. Hochul has signed the Shield 2.0 bill, which will protect repro + gender-affirming care providers who treat their patients despite the threats, as well as their patients, those seeking care, and those supporting them.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
Access to health care is our right, and we will always fight for it.
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NYC's thousands of street vendors—most of whom are immigrants—are small business owners, neighbors, and family providers. For too long they've been denied the opportunity to work with dignity - but lifting the permit cap keeps vendors safe + builds power.
Congrats @streetvendorproj.bsky.social!
Congrats @streetvendorproj.bsky.social!
New York City Will Allow Thousands More Street Vendors to Work Legally
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NYC's thousands of street vendors—most of whom are immigrants—are small business owners, neighbors, and family providers. For too long they've been denied the opportunity to work with dignity - but lifting the permit cap keeps vendors safe + builds power.
Congrats @streetvendorproj.bsky.social!
Congrats @streetvendorproj.bsky.social!
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The New York City Council is considering a bill that would require the NYPD to grant direct access to bodycam footage to the CCRB, the city's police watchdog agency.
The police can't be trusted to police themselves. We must keep fighting for police transparency and accountability.
The police can't be trusted to police themselves. We must keep fighting for police transparency and accountability.
Council pushing bill to give NYPD watchdogs real-time access to bodycam footage
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams introduced the bill in the waning days of her time in office and it will get a hearing Wednesday.
gothamist.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The New York City Council is considering a bill that would require the NYPD to grant direct access to bodycam footage to the CCRB, the city's police watchdog agency.
The police can't be trusted to police themselves. We must keep fighting for police transparency and accountability.
The police can't be trusted to police themselves. We must keep fighting for police transparency and accountability.
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Just as people have the right to refuse medical treatment – even when it might extend their life – they should have the right to seek medical aid when they are dying and medicine cannot prolong their life.
Governor Hochul: Sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act before time runs out ⤵️
Governor Hochul: Sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act before time runs out ⤵️
Allow New Yorkers to Die With Dignity
Please take action!
action.aclu.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Just as people have the right to refuse medical treatment – even when it might extend their life – they should have the right to seek medical aid when they are dying and medicine cannot prolong their life.
Governor Hochul: Sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act before time runs out ⤵️
Governor Hochul: Sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act before time runs out ⤵️
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George said it best: History has always been told by the oppressor, and book banning began when the oppressed started telling their stories.
We need the Freedom to Read so that young people feel seen, heard, and valued. Governor Hochul: Sign the bill, now.
We need the Freedom to Read so that young people feel seen, heard, and valued. Governor Hochul: Sign the bill, now.
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
George said it best: History has always been told by the oppressor, and book banning began when the oppressed started telling their stories.
We need the Freedom to Read so that young people feel seen, heard, and valued. Governor Hochul: Sign the bill, now.
We need the Freedom to Read so that young people feel seen, heard, and valued. Governor Hochul: Sign the bill, now.
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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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“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?
www.nytimes.com
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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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:
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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.
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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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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...
www.nyclu.org
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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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.
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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:
Add your name to urge her to put pen to paper, now:
Protect Abortion and Gender Affirming Care
Please take action!
action.aclu.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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:
Add your name to urge her to put pen to paper, now:
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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 can’t be enforced. But that’s not the law ⤵️
Now the State is arguing in court that the ERA can’t be enforced. But that’s not the law ⤵️
NYCLU Files Amicus Defending Full Enforceability of NY Equal Rights Amendment - NYCLU
www.nyclu.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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 can’t be enforced. But that’s not the law ⤵️
Now the State is arguing in court that the ERA can’t be enforced. But that’s not the law ⤵️
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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 👇👇
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 👇👇
Hands Off NYC Day of Community Action - NYCLU
www.nyclu.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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 👇👇
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 👇👇
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In other news, water is wet.
Bail Reform Has Made NYC Safer, Yet Another Study Confirms
You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down.
hellgatenyc.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In other news, water is wet.
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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-...
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-...
Bail Reform Has Made NYC Safer, Yet Another Study Confirms
You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down.
hellgatenyc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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-...
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-...
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New Yorkers should be able to protest with safety and dignity.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New Yorkers should be able to protest with safety and dignity.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
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"26 Federal Plaza isn’t functioning as a courthouse. It’s 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.
We're suing the Trump administration over their - illegal - policy of arresting people for appearing in court. And we won't back down.
Brad Lander: Trump helped ICE turn a Manhattan courthouse into an abduction trap
I'm New York City's comptroller — I've seen the injustices of Trump's immigration crackdown up close.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"26 Federal Plaza isn’t functioning as a courthouse. It’s 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.
We're suing the Trump administration over their - illegal - policy of arresting people for appearing in court. And we won't back down.
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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 👇
But right now, they're gathering dust on the Gov's desk. Ask her to sign 👇
Tell Governor Hochul to sign these bills
Please take action!
action.aclu.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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 👇
But right now, they're gathering dust on the Gov's desk. Ask her to sign 👇
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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.
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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.
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Tens of millions of people rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families.
Our government must not let people go hungry.
Our government must not let people go hungry.
With food stamps set to dry up Nov. 1, SNAP recipients say they fear what's next
"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.
www.cbsnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tens of millions of people rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families.
Our government must not let people go hungry.
Our government must not let people go hungry.
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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 👇
This campaign of terror needs to end. Add your name 👇
ICE: Stop Terrorizing Children
ICE is traumatizing children as young as 14 – trying to strip them of their rights while they're without attorneys or family to help them. Take action against these horrific abuses now.
action.aclu.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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 👇
This campaign of terror needs to end. Add your name 👇
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Early voting is underway!
NYC voters, make sure you're up to speed on your ballot:
NYC voters, make sure you're up to speed on your ballot:
On the back of each ballot, you will find six questions that could ultimately amend the state’s constitution and revise the city charter, the document that outlines the powers and duties of the municipal government.
Your Guide to NYC’s Ballot Questions for 2025
Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Early voting is underway!
NYC voters, make sure you're up to speed on your ballot:
NYC voters, make sure you're up to speed on your ballot: