"A New Jersey man who previously sued the New York City Police Department in an unsuccessful quest to find out whether the NYPD's Intelligence Division spied on him and fellow Muslims as part of its notorious and expansive "mosque-raking" program during the Michael Bloomberg era has filed a new open-records lawsuit against the city over spying claims, according to information exclusively provided to WIRED."
"Hashmi filed a new set of record requests under the New York Freedom of Information Law in February asking for a narrower set of records than his previous request-weekly intelligence summaries, profiles of specific organizations targeted by the Intelligence Division, and reports on particular mosques-pertaining to community and religious organizations he participated in from 2006 through 2008. His petition, filed in December after the NYPD rejected his FOIL and subsequent appeal, cites specific intelligence reports from that period publish"
Samir Hashmi, a New Jersey resident and former Rutgers Muslim Student Association member, filed a new open-records lawsuit alleging NYPD surveillance of Muslim organizations during 2006–2008. The complaint requests weekly intelligence summaries, profiles of targeted organizations, and reports on specific mosques created by the NYPD Intelligence Division. Hashmi previously sued over the mosque-raking operations and lost an earlier open-records case when a 4–3 Court of Appeals decision allowed a Glomar response. The NYPD disbanded its demographics unit after negative publicity and a settled civil-rights suit in 2018; Hashmi did not join that settlement. The lawsuit will test mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's stance against NYPD spying.
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