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The Right to Observe Police Activities In Public

The public has a right to observe police behavior. It has long been established that the public has a right to observe police behavior when making arrest and stops in the public as long as they don't interfere in the arrest or stop. The police themselves in 1977 signed an Stipulation/Order re-stating this obvious fact in the case Black v. Codd.
 
This stipulation is still in effect today and is attached for you to download if the police attempt to stop you from observing their behavior.

Non-Legal Hotlines and Community Groups

National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
212.614.5355
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
212.473.6485
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
718.254.8800
Audre Lorde Project Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Two-Spirited People of Color
718.596.0342
Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
212.714.1141

Legal Help

Civilian Complaint Review Board
800.341.CCRB (2272) or 311
New York Civil Liberties Union
212.607.3300
Neighborhood Defenders Service (Harlem Residents Only)
212.876.5500
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
212.966.5932
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
212.219.1572
National Lawyers Guild New York Office
212.679.5100
LeGaL
212.353.9118
Lambda Legal Defense Fund
212.809.8585
South Brooklyn Legal Services
718.237.5500
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
212.337.8550

Borough Central Booking

If you need information about a friend or relative who has been arrested, call Central Booking in your Borough:

Bronx
718.374.5880
Brooklyn
718.875.6586
Manhattan
212.374.5880
Queens
718.268.4528
Staten Island
718.876.8490