Conclusion Meanings:
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $400,000 total settlements.
Young Lee, Ji vs Schneiderman, Eric T., et al.
Case # 15CV02001,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 23, 2015, ended December 9, 2015
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendants falsely arrested plaintiff without probable cause , plaintiff did not commit any of the crimes with which she was charged in the criminal complaint.
Lee, Janice H. vs Schneiderman, Eric T., et al.
Case # 15CV00548,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 22, 2015, ended December 11, 2015
$275,000 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On February 12, 2014, Plaintiff was arrested by several plain-clothed unidentified men at her workplace in New Jersey. She was not told her charges, and practically dragged in plain view of her entire office to the outside parking lot where multiple "New Jersey State Police" vehicles were parked. Plaintiff was forced into the back seat of one of the cruisers, without being provided with any Miranda rights, why she had been arrested, and no arrest warrant was given. While Plaintiff was booked in Bergen County Jail, Attorney General Eric Schneider organized a massive press release campaign that distributed her driver's license photograph and her actual name. Between February 14 and 17, despite Plaintiff's lawyer ...