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The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a federal class action lawsuit Wednesday against the city of New York and several members of the New York Police Department, including Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, challenging the department's "Operation Clean Halls" program, the NYCLU announced.

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NYPD accused of discrimination in Intelligence Divisionupdated: Wed Jan 18 2012 20:41:00

Black detectives in the New York City Police Department's Intelligence Division filed a federal complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination in NYPD hiring and promotion practices.

Technician indicted in case of N.Y. patient who died on floorupdated: Mon May 16 2011 21:53:00

A psychiatric technician was indicted Monday for reckless endangerment and falsifying hospital records, including those of a patient who died unattended on an emergency room floor, according to District Attorney Charles J. Hynes.

Pot acceptable? Not for young and nonwhiteupdated: Thu Nov 05 2009 14:56:00

This year is a watershed year in pot politics.

Autopsy: Blood clots caused waiting room deathupdated: Fri Jul 11 2008 20:24:00

Blood clots from a long period of inactivity killed a woman who died last month on a waiting room floor at a New York hospital, the state's medical examiner said Friday.

'My sister was killed twice'updated: Wed Jul 09 2008 01:00:00

The family of a woman who died in a waiting room says it will sue the hospital. CNN's Mary Snow reports.

Woman who died on hospital floor is honored in deathupdated: Mon Jul 07 2008 15:07:00

Esmin Green died in a drab hospital gown, facedown on a waiting room floor, apparently ignored by hospital staff for more than an hour.

Woman who died on hospital floor called 'beautiful person'updated: Fri Jul 04 2008 09:41:00

To people around the world who have seen the video, Esmin Green is a symbol of a health-care system that seems to have failed horribly.

Six hospital employees disciplined in ER deathupdated: Wed Jul 02 2008 11:09:00

Six hospital employees have been fired or suspended after ignoring for more than an hour a woman who collapsed and died in a New York emergency room waiting area.

Patient dies on hospital floorupdated: Wed Jul 02 2008 11:09:00

Authorities investigate why a patient at a Brooklyn hospital lay nearly an hour before getting medical attention.

Tape shows woman dying on waiting room floorupdated: Tue Jul 01 2008 22:44:00

A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.

CNNMoney: Defense witness in Martha case diesupdated: Thu Feb 26 2004 09:41:00

Jeremiah Gutman, a Manhattan civil rights lawyer who testified recently in the Martha Stewart case, has died after an apparent heart attack.

Fortune: The Big Apple's Last Taboo, Where Castro Does Better Than Reagan, A Himalayan Deficit, and Other Matters.updated: Mon Jan 06 1986 00:01:00

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