Hearing Testimony

Hearing Testimony 2008

Testimony: Rockefeller Drug Laws Create Racial Disparities in Rochester

My name is Gary Pudup. I am the director of the Genesee Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, a state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. My office, located here in Rochester, serves nine upstate counties: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates. Our mission is to preserve and protect the Constitutional freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights for all who live in America.... Read More

Testimony: NYCLU Analysis of NYPD Reports Reveals Troubling Patterns in Police Shootings, Lack of Diversity in NYPD Leadership

The New York Civil Liberties Union submits this testimony about Proposed Int. 516-A, which would amend the Police Reporting Law (now section 14-150 of the Administrative Code) to require the New York City Police Department to provide additional information about NYPD shooting incidents, including information about the race of civilians shot at by police officers. The NYCLU believes the bill is an important step towards reducing the secrecy that shrouds NYPD shootings, and we therefore fully support the amendments proposed by Int. 516-A.... Read More

Testimony: Rockefeller Drug Laws Cause Racial Disparities, Huge Taxpayer Burden

The legislature’s announcement of this hearing appears to acknowledge the broad and growing consensus among policy experts, criminal justice scholars, and law makers that the “war on drugs,” with its singular emphasis on incarceration, has failed. It was in 1999 that federal drug czar General Barry F. McCaffrey stated, “We can’t incarcerate our way out of [the drug] problem.” ... Read More

Testimony: NYCLU Urges Mayor, City Council to scrap vague, broad proposal to regulate for environmental monitoring

The NYCLU presents testimony concerning Proposed Int. 650-B, which would make it unlawful for a person to possess or deploy instruments used to test for the presence of chemical and biological agents and radiation without first obtaining a permit issued by the police commissioner... Read More

Testimony: NYCLU strongly supports calling on the President, Congress, and the DOD to rescind Don't Ask Don't Tell

The NYCLU presents testimony concerning Proposed Res. 1170-A, which calls on the President, Congress, and the Department of Defense (“DOD”) to rescind the “Policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces,” known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue” (“DADT”), 10 U.S.C. § 654.... Read More

Testimony: The Impact of School Suspensions, and a Demand for Passage of the Student Safety Act

In March 2007, the NYCLU released a report on the impact of DOE and NYPD disciplinary and safety policies on the educational environment in the schools. The report examined the origins and the consequences of the city's aggressive policing operation in the schools, and provided analyses of the results of a broad student survey performed by the NYCLU and profiles of individual students whose experiences illuminate the problems with policing in schools. The report included numerous stories of instances in which school and police personnel meted out harsh punishment in situations that should have been resolved through counseling, conflict mediation, and similar supportive methods. The report included an analysis of student suspension practices, and found that the length and duration of student suspensions had increased significantly, under circumstances where school officials were failing to adhere to their obligation to provide suspended students with alternative educational services that were real and meaningful.... Read More

Hearing Testimony 2007

Testimony: NYC DOE Must Provide Comprehensive Sex Education

Testimony of Lee Che Leong Before the New York City Council Committee on Health Regarding the Department of Education's New Health Education Curriculum... Read More

Testimony: NYC DOE Failing Pregnant, Parenting Students

Testimony of Lee Che Leong before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the restructuring of the Department of Education’s Alternative High School Programs ... Read More

Testimony: Commission Must Reform Inhumane Drug Laws

Testimony of Donna Lieberman before the NYS Commission On Sentencing Reform regarding the need for comprehensive reform of the state’s drug sentencing laws... Read More

Testimony: Legislation Addressing New York State's DNA Database

Testimony of NYCLU Legislative Director Robert Perry on behalf of the New York Civil Liberties Union before the New York State Assembly Committee on Codes and the Committee on Correction on legislation addressing the state's DNA database.... Read More

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