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LAS: Audit Makes Strong Case to Abolish NYPD Gang Database

A new report confirms what advocates have long known: the database is overtly racist, procedurally indefensible, and makes little to no contribution to public safety.

LAS Decries NYPD’s Latest Surveillance Overreach

The Mayor and the NYPD have reintroduced their controversial robot canine and unveiled new surveillance measures without adequate input from the community.

Data: NYPD Commissioner Sewell Flouted CCRB Discipline Recommendations

Sewell disregarded recommendations from the Civilian Complaint Review Board over 400 times in 2022, a number much higher than the NYPD previously reported.

City Continues to Withhold Demographic Data of New Yorkers in DNA Database

The NYPD pledged that it would begin keeping track of demographic information and make said data available to the public, but that was three years ago.

NYPD Misconduct Suits Cost Taxpayers Over $121 Million in 2022

The amount the City paid to settle allegations of misconduct is the highest in at least five years and almost $34 million more than in 2021.

LAS Calls for Answers Following Fire That Destroyed NYPD Evidence Center

The fire resulted in the loss of critical DNA evidence and will have far-reaching consequences for the ability of public defenders to exonerate wrongfully convicted clients.

NYPD Continues to Deceive on Use of Surveillance Technology

Emails released by Legal Aid prove the NYPD knows the exact locations of ShotSpotter sensors throughout the City, contrary to ShotSpotter’s prior statements.

LAS Secures Overhaul of NYPD’s Illegal Warrant Search Practices

A new settlement prohibits officers from prolonging stops to conduct unrelated warrant and i-card searches.

Manhattan DA Vacates 188 Convictions Involving Corrupt NYPD Officers

The Legal Aid Society is calling on district attorneys in all boroughs to regularly and transparently evaluate criminal conduct by law enforcement.

Advocates Demand End to NYPD’s Discriminatory Gang Database

The controversial database is over-inclusive and full of erroneous data that results in surveillance and the questionable prosecution of Black and Latinx people.