New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)

About New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1951 as the New York state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. It describes its work as advancing civil rights and civil liberties through litigation, policy advocacy, field organizing and strategic communications. Its stated mission centers on the Bill of Rights and the U.S. and New York State Constitutions.

Its legal work includes litigation and public-interest challenges to government laws, policies and practices affecting significant numbers of people in New York State, and the site notes it rarely takes disputes involving private companies. Areas it lists include civil rights, immigrants' rights, student rights, privacy and surveillance, and police misconduct. The main office is at 125 Broad Street in New York City, and the site describes regional offices in Albany and Syracuse, with eight offices overall across the state.

Practice areas

Areas of work that New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) describes on its own website. They describe the organization as a whole, not the practice of any individual attorney listed below.

Organization profile based on its official website and public sources (reviewed October 29, 2026). Attorney list from the New York State Unified Court System registration data. Not affiliated with New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU).

Registered attorneys

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