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Hundreds of NY Judges Allow Evidence Later Deemed Illegal, Report Finds

September 16th, 2024|

Gothamist

"Scrutinize Executive Director Oded Oren said trial court judges are supposed to ensure that criminal cases don’t rely on evidence police collected illegally, so officers will be deterred from doing it again in the future. If judges don’t, he said, everyone’s constitutional rights are at risk."

Queens Street Vendors Fight Back as NYPD Crushes Food Carts

September 13th, 2024|

Documented NY

"Street Vendor Project’s Deputy Director Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez says that when they destroyed the vendors’ carts without an opportunity to contest the seizure, the 115th Precinct repeatedly violated the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution..."

‘No Somos Criminales’

September 11th, 2024|

Queens Latino

"La conferencia de prensa fue organizada por Street Vendor Project del Urban Justice Center. Argumentan que la policía viola la enmienda 14 de la Constitución y los protocolos de vales de propiedad."

No Criminal Charges for Rikers Guards Who Failed to Save Bleeding Man, AG Says

September 11th, 2024|

Gothamist

"No one should be sent to a place where guards aren't required — and aren't compelled by their own sense of humanity — to try to save someone who is bleeding to death," Darren Mack [cofounder of Freedom Agenda] said.