New York City Secretly Uses Big Apple Connect Program for Real-Time Surveillance of NYCHA Buildings, Violating Constitutional Rights and City Law Lawsuit Urges Court to Halt Surveillance Expansion Through Big Apple Connect and Delete All Associated Data (New York, NY) – On behalf of the Langston Hughes Houses Tenant Association and the Tilden Houses Tenant Association, Brooklyn Defender Services and Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP filed a lawsuit Thursday evening against the Cit

Citing anti-KKK law, suit details a plot stretching from White House to Heritage Foundation and other anti-Palestinian groups July 14, 2026, New York – Mahmoud Khalil today sued senior Trump administration officials and three anti-Palestinian private organizations for conspiring to deprive him of his constitutional rights. Brought under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, the lawsuit says the co-conspirators sought to terrorize and make an example of Mr. Khalil and other non-citize

Salah Sarsour had been held in Indiana separated from his family for more than 80 days A U.S. District Court Judge in Indiana today ordered the immediate release of Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian and Muslim community leader from Milwaukee, held for more than 80 days in immigration custody as part of the Trump Administration’s attack on free speech. A legal resident of the United States for more than three decades, Sarsour has been an outspoken advocate for Palestinian human r

New York, NY, July 17, 2026 – Yesterday, counsel for Jane Doe filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted by then-Harrison Police Department Lieutenant Robert Carlucci. She called the Harrison Police Department on August 4, 2023, seeking help and was connected to Robert Carlucci. Defendant Carlucci knew she was particularly vulnerable based on prior interactions at her residence and the nature of the call. At approximately 2:02 a.m., Defendant Carlucci responded alone