Overview: In August 2013, a federal judge found that the New York Police Department (NYPD) had engaged in a widespread practice of unconstitutional and racially discriminatory stops and frisks and...
Updated: June 11, 2019
Updated: January 11, 2010
Anthony Miranda is the executive chairman of the National Latino Officers Association and a retired member of the NYPD. This op-ed was originally published in The Chief Leader on Tuesday, December 17...
Updated: December 17, 2013
Remarks by CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren f rom press conference with Mayor de Blasio on January 30, 2014, announcing agreement to drop the City's appeal i n Floyd v. City of New York .
Updated: January 31, 2014
August 2006A federal appeals court revived a 10-year-old lawsuit that alleges the basic test NYC public school teachers must pass is discriminatory against blacks and Hispanics
February 2007As the NYC council and criminal justice advocates examine the NYPD's stop-and-frisk statistics report, experts insist that the department still hasn't fulfilled its reporting requirements.
February 2005CCR represents Vulcan Society in arguing that the fire department's testing methods violate the civil rights of black applicants.
November 2007Mayor Bloomberg claims progress in diversification of FDNY, but the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Vulcan Society remain skeptical.
February 2008Article highlighting the lack of transparency in the New York City Police department with respect to their "Stop and Frisk" policy and its racial profiling factor.
April 2008After all three NYPD officers charged in the killing of Sean Bell were acquitted, many organizations, including CCR and Peoples' Justice (www.peoplesjustice.org) called for significant changes to the...
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