Gov. Andrew Cuomo Faces Sexual Harassment Allegations
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has come under fire and is facing a call to resign in the wake of several sexual harassment allegations. The claims cut short Cuomo’s previous popularity from his response to the Coronavirus, and show how quickly public perception can change. Aide Says Governor Cuomo Made His Workplace Unsafe for Young […]
Oregon Sued After Setting Aside $62M of COVID Relief Funds for Black Business Owners
The Oregon legislature set aside millions of dollars of federal COVID-19 relief funding specifically for Black-owned businesses. For Black business owners, this was an acknowledgment of both a history of racial discrimination and the fact that the coronavirus disproportionately affected that community. But others are questioning whether the earmarked funds were themselves a form of […]
Cyberbullying: Technology, Responsibility, and Community Safeguards
REGISTER HERE “Cyberbullying: Technology, Responsibility, and Community Safeguards” [FREE EVENT OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC] Join us on Wednesday, May 12th at 7pm EDT for a symposium on Cyberbullying. Cyberbullying can happen to any child – with long lasting harm. This symposium exposes the harms of cyberbullying, a pandemic that is spreading online that […]
Fact Checking NYPD Facial Recognition Final Policy
The NYPD has published its final policies for all 36 of the technology tools that are used for surveillance within the City. Eisenberg & Baum’s AI Fairness and Data Privacy Practice Group and URBAN AI (founder Renee Cummings, criminologist and data activist at University of Virginia) examined the Facial Recognition Technology policy and found it to be riddled with problematic, false, […]
Eisenberg & Baum’s Deaf Law Center Calls Out Injustice Against Police who Ordered 11 year-old Twins to Interpret while Detaining their Deaf Mother (Daily Moth)
On April 11, 2021, a Black Deaf mother, Andrea “Dre” Hollingsworth, who was with her 11-year-old twins, was detained by North Las Vegas Police officers after being pulled over. The video of this police encounter depicts that the officers instructed Dre’s young children to act as interpreters. In an interview with the Daily Moth, Directors of […]
