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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"Lawmakers are right to try to bar ICE agents from hiding their identities"
06/27/2025
L.A. Times
Coauthor: Barry Friedman, Policing Project
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"A Revolution in Public Safety Is Underway"
05/30/2025
New York Times
Coauthor: Barry Friedman, Policing Project
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"Trump Officials Intensify Attacks on Judges as Court Losses Mount"
05/29/2025
New York Times
Quoted: Barry Friedman
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"Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling"
05/24/2025
New York Times
Quoted: Barry Friedman
"Minneapolis officials’ pledge to keep terms of federal consent decree comes with accountability worry"
05/22/2025
Minnesota Star Tribune
Quoted: Barry Friedman
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"The ‘Recklessness Itself Sends a Message’: 35 Legal Experts Assess Trump’s Return"
04/28/2025
New York Times
Quoted: Barry Friedman
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Black Comics' Airport Search Specifics Probed During Arguments
03/28/2025
Bloomberg Law
Featured: Barry Friedman, Policing Project
Black comedians ask appeals court to revive civil rights suit against Atlanta officers
03/28/2025
Courthouse News Service
Featured: Barry Friedman, Policing Project
"Commentary: An answer to Chicagoans' pessimistic view of government's capacity to provide public safety"
09/23/2024
Crain's Chicago Business
Author: Barry Friedman, Policing Project
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"The Supreme Court Can’t Outrun Clarence Thomas’ Terrible Guns Opinion"
07/22/2024
Slate
Co-author: Barry Friedman
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"Judges Rebel Against the Supreme Court"
06/26/2024
Newsweek
Expert: Barry Friedman
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"Opinion: The Crisis in Teaching Constitutional Law"
02/26/2024
The New York Times
Featured: Barry Friedman, Melissa Murray
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"How the Federal Government Can Rein In A.I. in Law Enforcement"
01/02/2024
New York Times
Co-author: Barry Friedman
"NYU Policing Project aims to change Minneapolis public safety and policing"
12/03/2023
The Minnesota Daily
"TN lawmakers pass bill to gut civilians' ability to hold police accountable"
04/21/2023
Fox13 Memphis
Featured: Barry Friedman
"SC Public Interest Foundation, Greenville man file lawsuit against SLED over plate readers"
04/11/2023
WPDE/ABC 15 News
Expert: Barry Friedman
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"Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn’t Do"
03/31/2023
New York Times
Expert: Barry Friedman
"U.S. landowners in privacy fight with govt surveillance cameras"
03/10/2023
National Post
Expert: Barry Friedman
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"The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has revived a debate about special police units"
02/18/2023
NPR
Expert: Barry Friedman
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"Amid Criticism, Elite Crime Teams Dwindled. Then Cities Brought Them Back."
02/06/2023
New York Times
Expert: Barry Friedman
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"The Police Cannot Be a Law Unto Themselves"
01/31/2023
New York Times
Experts: Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko '14
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"South Carolinians sue to end unauthorized police surveillance program"
11/17/2022
ABC News
Expert: Barry Friedman
"Total Swine"
11/09/2022
Ricochet's "Dissed" podcast
Expert: Barry Friedman
Huffington Post
"It Took The Supreme Court Just 10 Days To Change America As We Know It"
06/29/2022
Huffington Post
Expert: Barry Friedman
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"The Supreme Court, Public Opinion and the Fate of Roe"
06/20/2022
New York Times
Experts: Barry Friedman, Richard Pildes
Washington Post
"Opinion: Supreme Court leak signals the triumph of politics over the law"
05/03/2022
Washington Post
Co-author: Barry Friedman
Washington Post
"Minneapolis suspends use of no-knock warrants as scrutiny of contentious police tactic mounts"
02/05/2022
Washington Post
Expert: Barry Friedman
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"With This Supreme Court, Forget About Police Reform"
10/27/2021
New York Times
Expert: Barry Friedman, Policing Project
Lawfare
"Private Data/Public Regulation"
10/04/2021
Lawfare
Author: Barry Friedman
MSNBC
"All In with Chris Hayes, 7/7/21"
07/07/2021
MSNBC
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"End the Court Doctrine That Enables Police Brutality"
05/24/2021
New York Times
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"Minneapolis One Year Later"
05/24/2021
Bloomberg
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"Split-Second Decisions: How a Supreme Court Case Shaped Modern Policing"
04/25/2021
New York Times
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"CityLab Daily: Why Bike Registration Laws Are Problematic"
04/23/2021
Bloomberg
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"Where Floyd Died, Crime Surge Shows a Deep Rift With Police "
04/23/2021
Bloomberg
Expert: Barry Friedman
USA Today
"Chauvin verdict reenergizes debate over Supreme Court's legal deference for police"
04/21/2021
USA Today
Expert: Barry Friedman
CNBC News
"Derek Chauvin trial, recent shootings add pressure on Biden to seek police reform"
04/19/2021
CNBC
Expert: Barry Friedman
"Police must end bogus, racist traffic stops"
04/13/2021
Philadelphia Inquirer
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"They Supported ‘Defund the Police.’ Then the Mayoral Campaign Began."
02/03/2021
New York Times
Expert: Barry Friedman
The Atlantic
"An Alternative to Police That Police Can Get Behind"
12/28/2020
The Atlantic
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"Legislatures Targeted in Attempt to Make it Easier to Sue Cops"
10/06/2020
Bloomberg
Expert: Barry Friedman
The Atlantic
"Should I Help Incarcerate the Man Who Tried to Sexually Assault Me?"
09/29/2020
The Atlantic
Expert: Barry Friedman
Fast Company
"AI could help root out bad cops—if only the police allowed it"
09/15/2020
Fast Company
Expert: Barry Friedman
Vox
"We train police to be warriors — and then send them out to be social workers"
07/31/2020
Vox
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"Federal Forces Have Gone Into U.S. Cities Before. Why This Time Is Different."
07/23/2020
New York Times
Expert: Barry Friedman
Vox
"Police reform, defunding, and abolition, explained"
07/16/2020
Vox
Expert: Barry Friedman
NBC News
"How to Change How America Is Policed"
07/14/2020
NBC Philadelphia
Expert: Barry Friedman
Slate
"A Major Challenge to Policing Reform: the Absence of Good Data"
07/11/2020
Slate
Expert: Barry Friedman
Slate
"Guns Make Everything Worse"
07/09/2020
Slate (audio)
Expert: Barry Friedman
Vice
"Can't Imagine a World Without Police? Start Here"
06/25/2020
Vice
Expert: Barry Friedman