Named in 9 known lawsuits, $1,991,500 total settlements.
Hardy, Aaron vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV01334,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 22, 2022, ended August 12, 2022
$4,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 16, 2019, plaintiff was walking when he was stopped by Lt. Eric Dym and Sgt. Natalie Bautista who demanded to search plaintiff. They took him to the precinct and searched him there, revealing nothing illicit. They issued plaintiff with a summons ticket alleging he'd engaged in disorderly conduct. The summons ticket was dismissed on June 10, 2019.
On April 27, 2019, plaintiff observe Lt. Dym, Sgt. Bautista, Officer Jose Tejada, and Officer Lorvin Fernandez stop another individual. Plaintiff began filming the officers but was not interfering with them. Lt. Dym and Sgt. Bautista approached plaintiff and threatened to arrest him for filming them. Lt. Dym ordered plaintiff to put the phone down. Dym and B...
Parris, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV10847,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 29, 2020, ended July 8, 2021
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 14, 2019, Plaintiff was stopped by two plainclothes police officers while two other officers observed. These officers were some subset of: NYPD Officer Carlos Gomez, Officer Kelvis Rodriguez (resigned), Officer James Weck, Officer Jose Tejada, Lieutenant Eric Dym, and Police Sergeant Natalie Bautista. The officers unlawfully searched him. Plaintiff became nervous and spit on the ground, and he was then tightly handcuffed and arrested by the officers. Officers also unlawfully accessed Plaintiff's sealed arrest history. At the precinct, an officer took Plaintiff's candy. Plaintiff was also strip-searched in a cell. Plaintiff was ultimately charged with littering and with spitting on the sidewalk; the...
Calderon, Edwardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027731/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 22, 2020, ended July 15, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Jones, Kushana vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032675/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 29, 2019, ended May 28, 2020
$30,000 Settlement
Jones, Christian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029516/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 15, 2019, ended May 15, 2020
$62,500 Settlement
Torres-Formey, Charlene, et al. vs City of New York
Case # 025155/2016E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 11, 2016, ended August 31, 2022
$1,400,000 Settlement
Oyola, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 302294/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 12, 2016, ended July 14, 2017
$175,000 Settlement
Guerrero, Emmanuel vs Bautista, Natilie, et al.
Case # 023868/2016E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 30, 2016, ended July 7, 2020
$150,000 Settlement
Velasquez, Neysa, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 303160/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 31, 2015, ended March 16, 2017
$65,000 Settlement