Assistant Policy Director
Current• Lead the NYCLU's legislative and policy advocacy on policing and drug policy, including successful campaigns to repeal a 40-year-old law that had kept police disciplinary records secret, legalize adult-use cannabis, require disclosure of NYPD surveillance technologies, and mandate statewide collection of demographic data on low-level police enforcement activity, among others• Supervise policy counsels and strategists leading work on criminal legal system reforms, privacy and technology… Show more • Lead the NYCLU's legislative and policy advocacy on policing and drug policy, including successful campaigns to repeal a 40-year-old law that had kept police disciplinary records secret, legalize adult-use cannabis, require disclosure of NYPD surveillance technologies, and mandate statewide collection of demographic data on low-level police enforcement activity, among others• Supervise policy counsels and strategists leading work on criminal legal system reforms, privacy and technology, and immigration• Represent the NYCLU in coalitions, including serving on the steering committee and co-chairing the policy and legislative working group of a statewide police reform coalition• Responsibilities more broadly include developing proactive legislative and policy campaign plans, analyzing and responding to state and local legislative proposals, providing support for regional offices, drafting and delivering testimony, serving as an organizational spokesperson for media inquiries and other public-facing presentations Show less
