On March 23, 2005, NYPD Disorder Control Unit commander Thomas Graham talks about the police-issued "permit" for the New York City Dyke March.

Allen v. City of New York is a civil lawsuit brought by several people in relation to their arrests during the World Economic Forum demonstrations in New York City in February, 2002. Responding to questions from attorney James Meyerson, Graham uses the example of the annual Dyke March to illustrate a point he is making about the issuance of demonstration permits by the NYPD.

These NYPD files are digests of surveillance on activists by NYPD Intelligence officers from 3 October 2003 to 4 September 2004.

The documents became public on 16 May 2007 when the City declined to appeal a decision by a U.S. Magistrate that they could not be kept secret.

The files are available as a large (47 MB) PDF file containing all 603 pages.

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This is Judge Charles Haight's decision in the Handschu case, which orders NYPD to stop videotaping political demonstrations and other public gatherings unless the surveillance is part of a criminal investigation.

This legal memorandum was prepared by the law firm of Covington & Burling for the National Press Photographers Association. The memorandum, dated August 15, 2005, was developed to offer guidance to journalists who are encountering new restrictions on newsgathering and photography in public places following the terror attacks of 2001.