Cato Institute: Require Cops to Carry Liability Insurance by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Clark Neily, vice president for criminal justice at the Cato Institute, made an unusual proposal in a recent op-ed piece in The New York Daily News: require all police officers to carry not just a gun, …
New York City Decriminalizes Some Public Smoking of Marijuana in Policy Shift by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that as of September 1, 2018, the New York Police Department will no longer arrest individuals for the public smoking of marijuana in some …
D.K. V. Teams, NY, Order to Show Cause, Physical Abuse-Disabled, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-03246-PAE Document 308 Filed 08/20/18 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK D.K., by her Guardian L.K.; Z.O., by her Guardian B.M.; and B.R., by her Guardian C.R., Plaintiffs, No. 16 Civ. …
D.K. V. Teams, NY, Memorandum of Law, Physical Abuse-Disabled, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-03246-PAE Document 310 Filed 08/20/18 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK D.K., by her Guardian L.K.; Z.O., by her Guardian B.M.; and B.R., by her Guardian C.R., Plaintiffs, No. 16 Civ. 03246 …
NYPD’s Lack of Disciplinary Record Transparency Frustrates Prosecutors by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander Disciplinary records of New York Police Department officers who arrest people have been closely shielded. Even the district attorneys, who sometimes must decide whether to charge arrestees with crimes based on an officer’s word, have often …
New York City Gang Database Increases 70 Percent Since 2014 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Concerns are being raised about a 70 percent increase in the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) gang database revealed in a recent public records request by CUNY School of Law professor Babe Howell. …
New York State Parole Board - Failures in Staffing and Performance - A Report by the Parole Preparation Project and The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, 2018 New York State Parole Board: Failures A Report and in by the Staffing and Performance Parole Preparation Project The Release Aging People …
Parole Preparation Project, New York State Parole Board: Failures in Staffing and Performance, 2018 New York State Parole Board: Failures A Report and in by the Staffing and Performance Parole Preparation Project The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign AUGUST 2018 New York State Parole Board: Failures in A Report …
$330,000 Awarded to Brooklyn Woman and Minor Nephew over False Arrest and Two Years of Malicious Prosecution by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A Brooklyn woman and her 16-year-old nephew, who were charged with harassing a police officer and obstruction, then compelled to attend around 20 court appearances over two …
$190,000 for Man Falsely Arrested and Maliciously Prosecuted by NYPD by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A man who was arrested by New York City police officers without probable cause or evidence, then maliciously prosecuted before the charges were dropped, was awarded $190,000 as a result of his federal civil …
Two Men Unlawfully Searched and Falsely Arrested for Sitting in Vehicle Settle with Middletown, N.Y., Cops by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Patrick Ammirati and James Esposito, who were arrested and prosecuted over a speck that wasn’t even a drug after Middletown, New York, police found them suspiciously sitting in …
$1 Million Paid by NYC to Settle False Arrest Claim by Oliver Wiggins doesn’t drink. But that didn’t stop the NYPD cop who ran a stop sign and rammed Wiggins’ car from arresting him for driving while impaired. After NYPD Officer Justin Joseph plowed into Wiggins on April 19, 2015, …
Powerful District Attorney Lobbies Improperly Influence Law Making by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Around the nation, powerful lobbying groups composed of associations of prosecutors are influencing state legislatures to reject certain laws, regardless of how popular the proposed laws are with the electorate. In his January 2018 State of …
NYPD Hands Out Business Cards So Suspects Can Rate Their Encounter with Cops by “How’m I doing?” The old saying of former New York Mayor Ed Koch just became the motto of the New York Police Department (“NYPD”). Now getting questioned by an NYPD officer includes a business card directing …
$25,000 Settlement Offer from NYPD over Assault, False Arrest Accepted by Parolee by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Jose Perez, a parolee who was assaulted, arrested and re-imprisoned over charges that were later dismissed, agreed to a $25,000 settlement with New York City in response to a federal suit alleging …
$30,000 Settlement for Brooklyn Man Falsely Arrested by NYPD by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Derrick Baxton, who was arrested by officers of the New York Police Department with no evidence of wrongdoing, settled his federal civil rights lawsuit with the city of New York for $30,000. On February …
$224,528 Awarded to County Jail Employee in New York Retaliation Suit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal jury awarded Mark Battistoni, an employee at the Dutchess County, New York, jail, $224,528 after it found that his employer unlawfully retaliated against him. In July 2007, Battistoni received reports …
New York Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision and JPay Inc., re inmate kiosks, 2018 STATE OF NEW YORK AGREEMENT STATE AGENCY (Name & Address): New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Support Operations – Contract Procurement Unit 1220 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12226 BUSINESS CODE: DOC01 NYS …
Jennings v. City of New York, NY, Verdict, Police Beating, 2018 Case 1:14-cv-06377-SMG Document 106 Filed 06/01/18 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 669 Case 1:14-cv-06377-SMG Document 106 Filed 06/01/18 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 670 Case 1:14-cv-06377-SMG Document 106 Filed 06/01/18 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 671
