Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'OMB PEG Directive Closure': Due to citywide budget cuts, CCRB is no longer able to fully investigate certain cases within its jurisdiction and suspended investigating some types of complaints.
'Substantiated': The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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, $7,500 total settlements.
Robinson, Placida vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152975/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, March 29, 2021
Description: On or about October 19, 2019, Plaintiff, a female of black African American descent, was stopped, questioned, searched, and arrested without probable cause or a warrant at the intersection of 124th Street and Lenox Avenue by Officers Ian Abramowitz, Michael Porr, and Hilary Hudson, as well as 10 Doe Officers. Plaintiff was driving in her car when the aforementioned officers approached her and accused her of being involved in a motor vehicle accident while intoxicated. Certain of the officers - not specified in the complaint - tightly handcuffed Plaintiff. Plaintiff was taken to an unidentified NYPD Precinct, where Defendants fingerprinted, photographed, and searched her, and administered a breathalyzer test tha...
Hancock, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV09927,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 4, 2021, ended January 27, 2022
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 31, 2019, plaintiff and others were on St. Nicholas Ave after a funeral, and several candles were lit and placed on the ground. Plaintiff and others spoke to Fire Dept. personnel, who did not object to the candles. P.O. I. Abramowitz and two unidentified officers approached plaintiff and the others and told them to remove the candles or they would destroy them. Plaintiff and the others told the officers that the Fire Dept. did not object to the candles, and one of the people gathered after the funeral sat down near the candles. The officers assaulted and arrested plaintiff without justification. During the arrest, plaintiff told the officers that he had a pre-existing injury to his wrist and that...