16 Quotes by Donna Lieberman

When you're arrested in New York City, there's a good chance you'll do the time without being convicted of doing the crime. It's a perversion of justice.

New York has continued to violate the rights of the people it arrests even after the Court of Appeals ruled that arrestees must see a judge within 24 hours of their arrests. The city is failing to comply with the law, and it's up to the City Council to set things right.

New York City must meet its legal obligation to arraign arrestees in a timely manner.

We're always concerned when the government is maintaining databases of private information and personal information that's really none of the government's business. When a private entity does it, it's a different matter, but it always raises concerns about our privacy because today they may not be sharing it, tomorrow they may be sharing it with other businesses, with people who may be engaged in using it for illicit purposes.

We intend to ask the Department of Education a series of questions to clarify exactly what this program entails and what measures are in place to minimize the intrusions on student privacy. Schools teach by example. It would indeed be unfortunate for us to raise future generations to expect that they have no expectation of privacy.

The policy of searching thousands of subway riders daily without any suspicion that they have done anything wrong is unprecedented, unproductive and unconstitutional.

Of course, the students can hang up on them, Who is going to hang up on Uncle Sam when he comes calling?

This government can't figure out the difference between legal First Amendment rights to criticize the government and terrorism. So we have cause for concern.

This is a chronic problem that daily impacts all New Yorkers, especially communities of color. It disproportionately impacts the African American and Latino communities.