


New York Bill Would Abolish Qualified Immunity
ALBANY, N.Y. (Jan. 15, 2025) – A bill filed in the New York Assembly seeks to abolish the doctrine of qualified immunity, paving the way for lawsuits against government officials, including law enforcement officers, in state court for rights violations. Assm....
New York Bill Seeks to End Civil Asset Forfeiture and Limit Federal Equitable Sharing Participation
ALBANY, N.Y. (Jan. 14, 2025) – A newly filed bill in the New York Assembly seeks to end civil asset forfeiture for most cases and curb participation in the federal equitable sharing program. Asm. Pamela Hunter and seven cosponsors filed Assembly Bill 1437...
How the New York Bill of Rights Helped Lead to the U.S. Bill of Rights
When Congressman James Madison drafted a proposed bill of rights in the First Federal Congress of 1789, he did not write on a blank slate. He took into account historic Anglo-American constitutional documents, such as Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights...