Bio
Simon McCormack is staff writer at the New York Civil Liberties Union and a contributing writer to Speak Freely.
Featured work
![Empty cells at Arkansas Department of Correction prison in Malvern, Ark.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-arkansas-doc-prison-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Sep 3, 2019
A New York Jail Forced a Trans Woman Into a Men’s Facility
![New York Stop and Frisk](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-stopfrisk-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 14, 2019
Stop and Frisks Plummeted Under New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, but Racial Disparities Haven’t Budged
![Camera Drone](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-cameradrone1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 7, 2018
New NYPD Drone Policy Represents a Serious Threat to Privacy
![Police car with its lights on](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-policecarnight-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 5, 2018
This State Agency Is Refusing to Help a Trans Woman Who Says She Was Assaulted by Police
![NYPD Officer standing at corner at night](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-nypdnight-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Oct 26, 2018
NYPD Should Not Take the Lead in Fixing New York’s Homeless Crisis
![NYPD Car in Time Square](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-nypdtimesquare-1160x768_0-400x266.jpg)
Sep 21, 2018
A Tale of Two New York Cities When It Comes to Policing
![Marijuana](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-marijuana-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 29, 2018
Could New York Be the Next State to Legalize Marijuana?
![NYPD station and car](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-nypdtimesquare-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Apr 18, 2018
This Law Makes It Nearly Impossible to Police the NYPD
![NYCLU still from video](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-nyclublog-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 9, 2017
Long-Awaited Public Defense Reform Comes to New York State
![NYCLU still from video](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-nyclublog-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 31, 2017
Poor New Yorkers Get Lost in the State’s Broken Public Defense System