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• Blacks 3 times more likely to face pot charges in Westchester, report says

  far below Manhattan and Brooklyn, where the rate is more than 9 to 1, according to data released Thursday by the New York Civil Liberties Union.The report found that based on 2,457 arrests in 2010, Westchester blacks were 3.68 times more likely to face arrests   Read more »

• Democratic lawmakers: Mangano nominated wrong people for jail board

  not really present the truth about what goes on in that correctional center."Resolving a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union , State Supreme Court Justice James P. McCormack ruled the Nassau charter is clear in requiring the county executive   Read more »

Around the web

• Suspicionless Surveillance of Muslim Americans by NYPD Challenged by ACLU Lawsuit

  communities by the New York Police Department (NYPD) was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), New York Civil Liberties Union and Clear Project yesterday. It stems from many of the revelations that came out of the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting 6/19/13 from Firedoglake Read more »

• Civil Rights Activists Sue NYPD Over Muslim Surveillance Efforts

  New York Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against the New York City Police Department over allegations of unconstitutional spying on Muslims in the city. To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash   from NY1 Read more »

• Rally draws hundreds

  than four days to make this happen. The time is really now, said KaeLyn Rich, of the Genesee Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Pro-choice protestors denounced the SenateÂs Independent Democratic ConferenceÂs version of the WomenÂs Equality   from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Read more »

• New York Civil Liberties Union inquires about Saratoga Springs' plans to install cameras along downtown streets (with letter, map)

  of planned downtown cameras in Saratoga Springs. SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the City Council last week expressing concern over plans to install surveillance cameras downtown. “Any time a municipality is putting up   from The Saratogian Read more »

• Stopping Pregnancy Discrimination Once and For All: New York Leads the Way

  with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission protesting this treatment, represented by the ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union. But the truth is, she shouldn't have had to. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act was passed almost 35 years ago in order   from American Civil Liberties Union Read more »