...In response to Buatt’s insistence that the ordinance is not illegal, Pam Spees, senior staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights representing the Descendants Project, said, “It...
... The industrial site is in what environmentalists refer to as “Cancer Alley,” which has elevated health risks due to air pollution. A grain terminal would make air quality worse for nearby...
... “The NYPD cannot solve a problem when it does not understand its scale,” said Center for Constitutional Rights senior staff attorney Omar Farah. “And just like prior reports, that widespread...
...The landmark decision in the 2008 class-action lawsuit — a huge blow to ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s crime-fighting legacy — included hiring Zimroth, a private lawyer and former Manhattan...
...The quarterly report, issued by Mylan L. Denerstein, an attorney with Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, is periodically required to assess whether the NYPD is practicing constitutional policing. Court...
...“Today, I stand at the most difficult crossroads of my life, from injury to exile, detention without charge, and more. The occupation doesn’t stop at killing, detaining, and displacing us,”...
... In their motion, presented by lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights and local attorney Bill Quigley, advocates for the Descendants project are seeking a temporary restraining order...
... Center for Constitutional Rights who represent the Descendants Project sent a letter to the Louisiana attorney general and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology, requesting that they force the...
...The Descendants Project filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on Thursday in the 19th Judicial District Court to prevent “ground-penetrating” activities to protect what they believe to...