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LAS Slams City for Piecemeal Changes to Controversial DNA Collection, Storage Practices

Under the police plan, the NYPD would continue to engage its surreptitious collection initiative, according to the New York Daily News.

Stop-and-Frisk Procedures Jump 22 Percent in 2019

A staggering 90 percent of those stops involved New Yorkers of color, according to the New York Daily News.

City Council to Examine City’s DNA Collection, Storage Practices

The Legal Aid Society praised the New York City Council for announcing an oversight hearing to finally examine civil rights and privacy concerns, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

LAS Analysis: City Payouts in NYPD Misconduct Cases Increase by Almost $30 Million

The report reveals that New Yorkers filed 1,383 lawsuits in 2019 for a range of misconduct, according to the New York Post.

LAS, Advocates Urge Repeal of Law 50-A That Hides Police Misconduct Records

Civil Rights Law 50-A blocks the public from accessing police disciplinary information, according to the New York Daily News.

Manhattan DA Releases List of NYPD Officers with Adverse Credibility

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is the fourth local prosecutor to release such a list following the Bronx, Brooklyn, and most recently, Queens, reports Gothamist.

New Campaign Seeks to Abolish NYPD Gang Policing Policies

The Legal Aid Society, fellow local criminal justice advocacy organizations, elected officials, and New Yorkers from over-policed communities unveiled the new campaign – Erase The Database NYC – today at City Hall.

Queens DA Releases List of NYPD Officers with Adverse Credibility

Earlier this month, Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released a list of officers found incredible. In October, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark released a similar list, albeit heavily redacted, according to Gothamist.

LTE: Abolish the NYPD’s Illegal Genetic Stop-and-Frisk Database

The Legal Aid Society and the Innocence Project joined for a letter to the editor in the New York Daily News in response to a recent op-ed from NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill in defense of the City’s rouge DNA database.

LAS Secures Destruction of Illegal NYPD Juvenile Fingerprint Database

The Legal Aid Society further calls for immediate oversight from the City Council and passage of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act, reports The Intercept.