Priorities for the First-Ever NYPD Inspector General
Posted on June 15, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 2, 2014
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CPR Announcements
Priorities for the New NYPD Inspector General: Promoting Safety, Dignity and Rights for all New Yorkers
Posted on May 28, 2014
May 28, 2014 - In 2012, community-based, legal, policy advocacy groups and researchers in New York City came together in an unprecedented multi-strategy effort to end discriminatory and abusive policing in New York City.
Apply to CPR's Organizing Position
Posted on April 2, 2014
CPR is looking for an Organizer to join our staff team! Passionate about police accountability? Read or download the job description below to apply, no phone calls please.
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CPR Files Amicus Briefs in Support of City Council Defense of Profiling Ban of Community Safety Act
Posted on January 10, 2014
On January 10, 2014, Communities United For Police Reform and members of the Community Safety Act Coalition gathered on the steps of City Hall to denounce the police union and the former Mayor's efforts to overturn the Discriminatory Profiling Ban of the Community Safety Act and announced the filing
CPR Priorities for First 100 Days of the de Blasio Administration
Posted on December 13, 2013
December 16, 2013 - Two weeks before a new administration takes power in City Hall for the the first time in 12 years, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released a report on how Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio can fulfill his campaign promise to change the direction of public safety policy in New York City to prioritize the safety and freedoms of all New Yorkers.
New Yorkers Rally to Call on Mayor Bloomberg to Drop Stop-and-Frisk Appeal, Let Reforms Proceed
Posted on November 6, 2013
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013, the day after the general election, in which New Yorkers voted for a dramatic change in the leadership and direction of New York City, communities, advocates, and elected officials gathered on the steps of City Hall to call on Mayor Bloomberg to end his pointless and damaging appeal of stop-and-frisk reforms mandated this August by a Federal court.
Second Circuit Court Grants Stay on Stop-and-Frisk Ruling, Removes Judge from Case
Posted on October 31, 2013
On October 31, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted the City Administration's request for a stay on the stop-and-frisk remedies mandated by the Federal District Court. The panel of three judges issued a two-page order, also removing the presiding Judge Shira Scheindlin from the case. The panel of three judges did not opine on the merits of the case, which will be heard in appeals trial scheduled for 2014.
CPR Launches Third Video in Stop-and-Frisk Human Impact Series, featuring story of NYPD Officer
Posted on October 8, 2013
On Tuesday, October 8, 2013, Communities United for Police Reform released in both English and Spanish the third video in the #WhereIAmGoing video series, which highlights the human impact of the NYPD’s discriminatory and abusive stop-and-frisk policies.
New Yorkers Speak Out Against Bloomberg Administration Attempts to Obstruct Court-Mandated Stop-and-Frisk Reforms
Posted on October 8, 2013
On Monday, October 7, New Yorkers gathered on the steps of City Hall to denounce the Bloomberg administration’s continuing attempts to block the stop-and-frisk reform process mandated by the Court in In Historic Vote, New York City Council Overrides Mayor's Veto to Enact Broad Reforms of NYPD
Posted on August 23, 2013
On Thursday, August 22, 2013, just a week after a Federal court found the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional and days before the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, the New York City Council voted to override Mayor Bloomberg’s vetoes to enact the Community Safety Act bills that will strengthen and expand the ban on racial and other discriminatory profiling and establish independent oversight of the NYPD.