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NYPD Continues Use of Controversial Private DNA Lab

More than a year after the City claimed to have cut ties with Parabon NanoLabs the police are still using the company's unreliable profiling techniques, as reported by the New York Daily News.

Queens DA Vacates 60 Convictions Involving Corrupt NYPD Officers

The Legal Aid Society praised Melinda Katz for her decisive action and called on district attorneys in the other boroughs to follow suit, reports The New York Times.

LAS Client Ensnared by Cops Who Planted Drugs Has Conviction Overturned

Jason Serrano's conviction was vacated after video surfaced showing police officers planting evidence in his car, as reported by Gothamist.

LAS Demands Transparency on Cops with Credibility Issues

For ten years, the Bronx district attorney has kept a secret list of "no fly" officers whose conduct would undermine their credibility should they be called to testify, as reported by THE CITY.

LAS: Don’t Buy Commissioner Shea’s Fearmongering on Bail, Discovery Reform

The City's own data contradicts the NYPD Commissioner's attempts to link pre-trial reforms with a rise in crime, according to CBS 2 New York.

NYPD Identifies Wrong Man in Latest Instance of Bail Reform Fearmongering

Commissioner Shea incorrectly identified a Legal Aid client as a suspect in the NYPD's ongoing effort to draw a false equivalency between bail reform and crime, reports the New York Post.

LAS Criticizes NYPD Over Drones Linked to Potential National Security Threat

The company that manufactures these drones has been flagged by The Department of Homeland Security as potentially providing data to the Chinese government, reports The Intercept.

LAS Condemns $159 Million in Secret NYPD Surveillance Contracts

Newly released documents detail spending on facial recognition software, cellphone tracking tools, and predictive policing technology, as reported by WIRED.

LAS Seeks Order Requiring Community Engagement to End Stop-and-Frisk Abuses

A new filing, made with a coalition of advocates, calls for substantial changes to federal monitorship overseeing NYPD's stop-and-frisk and trespass arrest practices, as reported by the Associated Press.

LAS Filing Demands Transparency on NYPD Surveillance Spending

The NYPD’s history of opaqueness surrounding its surveillance capabilities and funding continues, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.