The suit in Brooklyn federal court alleged that the New York
Police Department had trampled on religious liberties and
constitutional guarantees of equality by monitoring Muslim
communities.
The June 2013 suit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union was
part of a battle between the police department and civil liberties
advocates over the department's policing tactics.
"The parties have reached a settlement in principle," lawyers for
the city said in a letter filed with U.S. Magistrate Judge James
Orenstein on Friday.
The settlement is contingent on several details being worked out and
on lawyers' consultation with those who brought the suit, the letter
said.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Jun/23/images/ads/current/business_directory_filler.png) The lawsuit was brought by a charity, religious leaders and mosques.
It sought to put an end to police surveillance of Muslims, the
destruction of records on people resulting from the program and the
appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the department.
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A similar lawsuit is before a federal appeals court in Philadelphia
after a New Jersey federal judge dismissed it last year.
Spokesmen for the New York City Law Department and the New York
Civil Liberities Union declined to comment. The American Civil
Liberties Union did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Michael Perry)
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