New Yorkers Have Shelled Out Nearly $1 Billion Since 2018 to Clean Up the NYPD's Mess
In the first seven months of 2026, the city spent more than $53 million on settling misconduct claims.
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In the first seven months of 2026, the city spent more than $53 million on settling misconduct claims.
Civilian Complaint Review Board investigators found evidence of 190 acts of police misconduct in recent cases. Board members made half of them disappear.
Win Rozario was killed a year ago. Allan Feliz five years ago. The investigative and disciplinary process for the cops who killed them is still dragging on.
Tisch keeps blaming recidivism on discovery reform, but offers no evidence.
Karis Thompson was a cannabis dealer trying to go legit before he was swept up in "Operation Padlock to Protect."
New York City's law enforcement officials were some of the first to push the narrative that a mysterious and deadly Venezuelan gang was running amok, despite little evidence to back it up.
Governor Kathy Hochul and prosecutors say they want to tweak reforms made five years ago. A close reading of their proposals reveals their effort to gut the legislation known as "Kalief's Law."
And more revelations from newly-obtained NYPD surveillance tech documents.
NYPD leadership's pugnacious social media behavior violated rules and was a "plainly inappropriate and regrettable uses of official City social media accounts," according to a new NYPD Inspector General report.
The Police Benevolent Association made its last ditch legal argument to scuttle a settlement that reforms how the NYPD approaches protests.