New York Civil Liberties Union

legal advocacy organization in New York State

Eye on the News Governance, Public Safety, Cities Politics and Law, Public Safety, States and Cities, The Social Order New York, City Journal Investigations
Aug 28 2026
Mamdani’s Abolitionist Bench
By Stu Smith, Daniel Edward Rosen Read More
Commentary Cities, Public Safety New York City, Crime Control, Policing
Mar 28 2026
Mamdani’s Office of Community Safety Still Leaves NYPD on the Hook for the City’s Most Dangerous Mental-Health Calls
By Rafael A. Mangual Read More
Commentary Education, Cities Pre K-12, New York City
Sep 29 2017
How De Blasio Made Schools Less Safe — Then Hid the Evidence
By Max Eden Read time 4 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Culture Policing, Crime Control, Race
Jul 23 2016
An Urgent Desire for More Policing
By Heather Mac Donald Read time 8 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Cities, Cities, Culture Policing, Crime Control, New York City, Race
Jun 10 2015
What Minority Communities Really Want From The NYPD
By Heather Mac Donald Read time 4 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Cities, Cities, Culture Policing, Crime Control, New York City, Race
Jun 08 2015
'Broken Windows' Policing Does Work
By Heather Mac Donald Read time 7 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Cities, Cities, Governance Policing, Crime Control, New York City, Civil Justice
Nov 03 2013
What Scheindlin Hath Wrought
By Heather Mac Donald Read time 8 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Cities, Public Safety Policing, Crime Control, New York City, National Security & Terrorism
Sep 13 2013
New York, 12 Years After Sept. 11
By Judith Miller Read time 3 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Cities, Cities Policing, Crime Control, New York City
Jul 03 2013
Safe Streets Ahead?
By Heather Mac Donald Read time 21 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Cities Policing, Crime Control, New York City
Jan 23 2013
Courts v. Cops: The Legal War on the War on Crime
By Heather Mac Donald Read time 33 mins Read More