NYLPI issued a report September 20, 2008 entitled: NO PLACE LIKE HOME A Preliminary Report on Police Interactions with Public Housing Residents. Click here for report.
As a part of our work to improve police interactions with underrepresented communities, NYLPI has acted as an incubator for innovative projects. NYLPI hosts the monthly meetings of the New York City Policing Roundtable (NYCPR), a coalition of civil rights and public interest litigators, community organizers, advocates, policy analysts, academics, and people affected by police misconduct. NYCPR seeks to reduce police misconduct in New York City by fostering community organizing and advocacy, public education, litigation and research.
Working collaboratively, and relying heavily on the energy of volunteer law students and volunteer attorneys, NYCPR and NYLPI have created the Community Oversight of Policing Project (COPP) which provides free counseling and limited representation to victims of police misconduct before New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). For more information about the COPP program, please visit the NYCPR website.
