New York Civil Liberties Union

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• If Governor Hochul's buffer zone proposal was in effect, yesterday's May Day march would have been severely impacted. That's because the Governor wants to impose a 25-ft no-speech zone, or "buffer zone" around every place of worship or reproductive health facility. In a city as dense as New York, you'd be hard pressed to find any unaffected route under the Gov's proposal.⁠ ⁠ Use our link in bio to take action against this assault on our rights to free speech and protest.⁠

  4 May 2026 · New York Civil Liberties Union · $200 – $299 · 25K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• We're filing a class action lawsuit challenging the legality of the Westchester County Police Department's (WCPD) vehicle surveillance system — one of the largest, most technologically advanced systems in the country.⁠ ⁠ Right now, the WCPD is collecting and storing enormous swathes of highly personal data—which makes it easy for police officers and the government to track where drivers work, who they meet, where they pray, and even which doctors they visit.⁠ ⁠ Police departments cannot unilater

  23 June 2026 · New York Civil Liberties Union · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• Six years ago in the Bronx, during the 2020 protests against police violence and the murder of George Floyd, SRG officers beat up and brutally arrested hundreds of protesters in the neighborhood of Mott Haven. The police trapped a huge group of New Yorkers in a tactic known as kettling, where officers circle up around a group of people and then tell them they have to leave or they’ll be arrested, don’t give them the opportunity to leave, and then rush in and arrest them all as a group. These ar

  9 June 2026 · New York Civil Liberties Union · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• If you're one of the lucky folks going to watch the Knicks in person at the Garden tonight, there's something you should know: MSG owner James Dolan operates a highly sophisticated and invasive surveillance system inside the arena, capable of tracking people's every move and capturing their sensitive biometric data.⁠ ⁠ MSG's surveillance isn't just creepy - it's vindictive and discriminatory. Use our link in bio to tell state lawmakers to pass a ban on biometric surveillance in public venues.

  12 June 2026 · New York Civil Liberties Union · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• New York City lawmakers should be fighting for our rights to protest and speak out - not undermining it with attempted no-speech zones.⁠ ⁠ Comment FREE SPEECH below to tell City Council to hold the line and stand by the mayor's veto.

  12 May 2026 · New York Civil Liberties Union · $0 – $99 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library