Norman Siegel

Occupy Wall Street Sues Bloomberg And New York City Over Library Destruction

Six months after the New York Police Department launched a secretive dead-of-night military-style operation to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park, conducting mass arrests and destroying thousands of dollars worth of property, Mayor Bloomberg, Police Chief Ray Kelly, and others ar ... More >>

Legal Loophole OK's Creepy New York Teachers

Nobody likes a loophole - law and order is often thwarted by technicalities, usually favoring the unjust players involved and screwing the rest of us. But what's more frustrating than a legal shortcut? One that involves children.Over the past three months, 14 cases involving 16 different teache ... More >>

The Occupy Wall Street Library: Librarians Display the Ruins

Mike Bloomberg has already come under fire for just about every aspect of the late-night raid that cleared Occupy Wall Street out of Zuccotti last week. From reports of police violence, to keeping members of the press from observing the action, to disregarding a restraining order reopening the park, ... More >>

Voice Video Shows NYPD Snapping Photos of School Demonstrators at Mayor Bloomberg's House -- Protestors Call It A Legal No-No

Civil Rights attorney Norman Siegel called a press conference Sunday, "outraged" that the NYPD was taking photographs of demonstrators at last Thursday's school closing protest in front of Mayor Bloomberg's house. He was responding to a story posted by the Voice last Friday, in which our video sh ... More >>

Happy MLK Day

​If your boss is part of the 28 percent who gave you the day off, congratulations! In The Bronx, some church groups are doing volunteer work in celebration and would love to have you; if they can't accommodate you, there's the Corporation for National and Community Service. Bronx assemblyman ... More >>

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

​ Ha, ha, ha. The sweet release of death is a week closer. In the afterlife we can forget all about Kanye and all these ridiculous (but highly amusing) tributes. New York had a big Primary Day -- or, judging by turnout, a dinky one. Our hero Tony Avella went down to defeat. The heavily fund ... More >>

Norm Siegel on Election Night: People Aren't Voting (At Least Not For Me)

When civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel showed up at his Madison Avenue law office at 9:30 on election night, he rested his hands on the shoulders on his young daughter and told a crowd of disappointed supporters that people had become disenfranchised in the city of New York. "I was at the polling ... More >>

VID for Siegel, NARAL for Gillibrand, Johnson for Bloomberg (and Unemployment)

The Village Independent Democrats just announced their endorsements for the primaries. It's not the biggest Democratic club, but it's influential around these parts. The VID made mostly expected choices, among them Bill Thompson for Mayor, John Liu for Comptroller, and Richard Aborn for Manhattan D. ... More >>

Justice Denies: Feds won't stop Bloomie's term limits coup

Yesterday afternoon, the Justice Department shot down one of the last legal challenges to Mayor Mike Bloomberg's controversial term limits extension. In a fifty-page appeal, lawmakers and civil rights groups had asked the federal government last month to consider the term limits extension a violatio ... More >>

3rd Time's The Charm? Siegel and Mastro Ask the Feds to Restore Term Limits

After losing their federal lawsuit challenging the City Council's right to overturn term limits for Mayor Bloomberg, advocates are turning to the federal government. Last month veteran civil rights attorney (and current candidate for public advocate) Norman Siegel, along with the corporate law fir ... More >>

A Thanksgiving NYC Honor Roll for Hard Times

What Sean Bell's Legacy Needs To Be

A permanent, independent prosecutor to handle police crimes

Lawsuit: Columbia Expansion Poses 'Biohazard' Risk

Bike Raid on East 6th Street

Harlem Suit: State Keeps Secrets

Annie Get Your Cell Phone Gun

The Crobar shooting inspires odd rumors, while the anti-cabaret laws inspire ballet.

Grandmothers of Invention

Older is bitter—when it comes to the war in Iraq. A peek inside the granny-power movement.

Chelsea Mourning

Nightclubs get the whip, but the cabaret law is still kicking

Critical Impasse

With arrests growing and two cops hurt, Critical Mass gets messy

Father of the Movement

How Al Sharpton rose from 'racial arsonist' to racial healer, and changed New York City

Norm on the Verdict

West Side Story

Shock and Awe (Shucks): War Comes Home

Save This Office

If Betsy Gotbaum wins another term, we may lose our only advocate

Is Gotbaum Master of Her Domain?

Mayor's Death Is Debatable

Letters

Big Union Backs Siegel

Finding Your Voice

Candidates for Public Advocate clash over job description

A School Near You: Readin', Writin', and Recruitin'

Saving NYC's Liberties from America

Dance Fever

Getting down for Gay Pride; a challenge to the cabaret law

The Waiting Game

City keeps hundreds in jail too long, chilling protests and angering families

NY Mirror

Who’ll Advocate for the Public?

A Dramatic Contrast in Candidates

Green for Mayor

Public Advocate Is the Best Choice

Imagining the Public Advocate

Five Visions for a Young Office

Twice Soaked

For Women of Central Park, Official Outcry Obscures Unmentionables

Stop, Drop, and Swab

New York Police Ponder Portable DNA Labs

White Boys in the Hood

The Dangers of Defending the KKK

Letters

Father of the Movement

How Al Sharpton rose from 'racial arsonist' to racial healer, and changed New York City

Jill of All Trades

Letters

The Hunt for Khallid Abdul Muhammad

The Million Youth March leader breaks his silence about the violent end to his historic rally, the demands for his arrest, and life as a possible fugitive from Giuliani-style justice

Spycam City

The Surveillance Society: Part One

Letters

Porn Free

The city's war on sex shops has nothing to do with morality and everything to do with development. Especially around Times Square.

Camera [in the Can]

Just in Time for Sweeps Month, TV News Discovers Rest Room Sex

Investigating New York's Finest

Tolerance for Brutality Exists Throughout the Police Department