Publications
Flyer: Internet Filters (2nd Edition)
– 05/17/06
Citywide Minimum Wage Laws: A New Policy Tool for Local Governments
Authored by: Paul Sonn
– 05/01/06
Reaching Through the Prison Walls: Social Work in an Appellate Defender Office
A report on the relationship between social workers and lawyers in criminal defense offices.
Authored by: Melissa Rothstein
– 04/01/06
Brennan Center and Demos Report on State Board of Elections Illegal Disenfranchisement of NY Voters
A recent survey of county election officials found that more than one-third of New Yorks 63 local election boards, including those in three New York City boroughs, continue to unlawfully disfranchise eligible voters with felony convictions. Despite previous advocacy efforts, election officials persist in misapplying the law, resulting in the illegal disfranchisement of potentially thousands of eligible voters.
– 03/15/06
Executive Summary of Brennan Center & Demos Report on the NY Board of Elections
A survey of 63 local election boards found that more than one-third of local boards, including four in New York City, are disenfranchising former prisoners and probationers who are eligible to register and vote under state law. These results repeat the widespread errors exposed in a 2003 Brennan Center and Legal Action Center survey.
– 03/15/06
Making the List: Database Matching and Verification Processes for Voter Registration
This report is the first comprehensive summary of critically important new voter registration procedures effective in most states at the beginning of 2006.
Authored by: Wendy Weiser, Justin Levitt, and Ana Munoz
– 03/01/06
Do New Yorkers Know the Minimum Wage?
Authored by: Brennan Center for Justice
– 02/26/06
“Home” in 2010
A Report on the Feasibility of Enumerating People in Prison at their Home Addresses in the Next Census
Authored by: Kirsten D. Levingston and Christopher Muller
– 02/15/06