Dear Friends, At the Interfaith Center, we believe in building stronger ties between New York's religious communities and work to connect religious leaders across diverse traditions to secular organizations and city agencies on issues of shared concern for all New Yorkers. We … [Read more...] about Photos+Diverse Faith Leaders Speak In Support of Community Safety Act
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Faith Leaders from across New York City Call for City Council Override of Mayor Bloomberg’s Veto of Community Safety Act
Following federal court ruling on stop-and-frisk, diverse group of faith leaders call for permanent ban on all discriminatory profiling, independent oversight of NYPD New York, NY – Today, a diverse group of faith leaders from across New York City held a press conference at City … [Read more...] about Faith Leaders from across New York City Call for City Council Override of Mayor Bloomberg’s Veto of Community Safety Act
ICNY welcomes Federal Court Decision about NYPD “Stop and Frisk” Practices
Building on our recent Rabbi Marshall Meyer retreat for religious leaders on police-community relations, the Interfaith Center of New York welcomes yesterday’s federal court decision about NYPD’s “stop and frisk” practices for two reasons. First, the outcome of Floyd v. City of … [Read more...] about ICNY welcomes Federal Court Decision about NYPD “Stop and Frisk” Practices
Stop-and-Frisk Practice Violated Rights, Judge Rules – article from The New York Times
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Published in The New York Times: August 12, 2013: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/nyregion/stop-and-frisk-practice-violated-rights-judge-rules.html?hp&_r=0 In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a … [Read more...] about Stop-and-Frisk Practice Violated Rights, Judge Rules – article from The New York Times
