A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised ...

President-elect Donald Trump will likely owe the state of New York about half a billion dollars when he's sworn in as ...

The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards has filed a federal lawsuit.

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police ...

Rudy Giuliani will keep his apartments and his World Series rings in exchange for unspecified "compensation" to two election workers and a promise not to further defame them.

A New York roller derby league has lost its bid to temporarily block a local ban on transgender female athletes.

Gabriella Larios, staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, opposed the decision in a statement, calling it discriminatory. “This decision is an outlier among the many courts to ...

Two former New York City police officers and members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were among the nearly 1,600 who ...

Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties ...

Hochul also appointed a new leader for the prison 200 miles northwest of New York City. "I want them all to get prosecuted ... New York state cannot be sued for civil rights violations in federal ...