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News and Press Releases

The following is the index of press releases of the Suffolk NYCLU. All links will be maintained and archived at their current URL. Any questions and requests can be directed to our press account at media_suffolk@suffolknyclu.org or by calling our office at (631) 650-2301.

2007 Releases

March 21, 2007: NYCLU Hails Defeat of Suffolk County Anti-Immigrant Ordinance

March 20, 2007: PPHP-Suffolk NYCLU Survey Finds Most Suffolk County Pharmacies Stock Emergency Contraception

March 20, 2007: Suffolk NYCLU Announces Winners of First Annual Essay Contest

March 6, 2007: NYCLU: Proposed Suffolk County Law Unfairly Criminalizes Day Laborers, NYCLU Testifies

January 9, 2007: NYCLU: To Settle NYCLU Lawsuit, Defense Department Reforms Student Military Recruiting

2006 Releases

November 29, 2006: Suffolk NYCLU Joins Lawsuit Against Village of Southampton

September 19, 2006: Suffolk County, Defying Constitution and Embracing Prejudice, Passes Anti-Immigrant Bill

September 5, 2006: NYCLU Returns to Suffolk County Legislature to Condemn Anti-Immigrant Bill

2005 Releases

September 23, 2005: Suffolk County Civil Liberties Welcomes Christopher Campbell as its New Acting Director

July 28, 2005: Community and Civic Groups Rally to Support the Bill of Rights (Media Advisory)

July 5, 2005: Community and Civic Groups Protest Inhumane Evictions of Immigrants in Suffolk County (Media Advisory)

June 22, 2005: 100th Man to be Exonerated by DNA to Tell of Life on Death Row

June 8, 2005: Suffolk NYCLU Announces Settlement in Village of Northport Free Speech Case

June 1, 2005: Suffolk NYCLU Annual Meeting – Rep. Steve Israel to Deliver Keynote on Civil Liberties in Congress

April 26, 2005: Suffolk NYCLU Announces Debate on Surveillance Cameras

March 15, 2005: Suffolk NYCLU Announces 2005 Award Winners

March 3, 2005: Sag Harbor Teacher Vindicated in HIV Education Dispute

2004 Releases

December 13, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Opposes Proposed Memorandum of Understanding
Between Suffolk County and Federal Officials

November 23, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Announces November 29th Forum at SUNY Stony Brook

October 13, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Sues Village of Northport for Violating the Free Speech Protections of Job Applicant

September 15, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Applauds First Suffolk County Bill of Rights Resolution

September 10, 2004: Huntington to Consider Bill of Rights Resolution

June 9, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Applauds the Defeat of Anti-Immigrant Resolution

June 8, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Annual Meeting at the Stony Brook Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; Elaine Gross, Director of ERASE Racism to Speak

April 20, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Announces 4/29 PATRIOT Act Forum at Huntington Cinema Arts Centre; Featured Speakers, Al-Haaj Ghazi Khankan, Executive Director for the Council on American Islamic Relations in New York and Sally Robinson, Chair of NYCBORDC

February 24, 2004: NYCLU Sues Salvation Army and Suffolk County Social Services for Religious Discrimination Against Employees in Government Funded Social Services for Children

February 16, 2004: The New York Civil Liberties Union Expresses Its Concerns About Representative Peter King’s Offensive and Dangerous Remarks About Muslim Americans

January 8, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Executive Director Jared Feuer Provides Testimony to the Governor’s Commission on Education Reform

January 7, 2004: Suffolk NYCLU Advises Southampton School District that its Plan to Subject Students who Participate in Extracurricular Activities To Random Drug Testing is Prohibited under the New York State Constitution.

2003 Releases

December 18, 2003: Suffolk NYCLU Executive Director Jared Feuer Provides Testimony to the Assembly Standing Committee on Education

December 4, 2003: Suffolk NYCLU Adopts Resolution on Verification of Electronic Voting Machines

December 2, 2003: New York Civil Liberties Union Welcomes Jared Feuer as the New Executive Director of its Suffolk County Chapter