When Institutional Inaction Becomes Municipal Policy
Rachlin v. City of New York, Read Through Chislett, Clarifies How Repeated Misconduct, Senior-Level Notice, and Nonintervention Can Satisfy Monell The July 20, 2026...
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NYPD Accused of Retaliating Against Hispanic Recruit Tied to Maddrey Whistleblower—Then Terminating Him After He Completed Police Academy Requirements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Expanded Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit alleges racial harassment, selective discipline, scientifically discredited hair testing, obstruction of graduation, command-level favoritism, and...
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Where Is the “Savior” Now? NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch Silent as Troubled 46th Precinct Faces Command-Misconduct Fallout
After former 46th Precinct commanding officer Jeremy Scheublin’s indictment and a new human-rights lawsuit against his replacement, Deputy Inspector Juan O. Moran, the NYPD’s...
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Another Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Hits the NYPD’s Troubled 46th Precinct
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bronx lawsuit alleges the NYPD placed Moran in command of a precinct already on notice for sexual-misconduct problems, only for him...
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Locked Patrol Guides and Convenient Crash Narratives
The NYPD is legally required to publish the Patrol Guide. It cannot satisfy that obligation with a locked, functionally restricted document and then expect...
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Basketball Hall of Famer Connie Hawkins Still Waiting for His Brooklyn Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Article 78 proceeding challenges years of delay over community-backed proposal to rename St. Andrew’s Playground basketball courts in Bedford-Stuyvesant BROOKLYN,...
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Miracles Are Not Evidence
The New York Post wants to crown The “Savior” Jessica S. Tisch for a murder decline it has not scientifically connected to any identifiable...
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The NYPD Used Him to Reach Black and Hispanic Communities. Then It Threw Him Away.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit alleges Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch and Chief of Staff Ryan Merola dismantled Brian K. Adams’s Deputy Chief-equivalent...
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The NYPD Chose Not to Fire Him—Then Treated Him Like It Did
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new human-rights lawsuit alleges the City used retired credentials as a backdoor punishment after allowing Black retired officer Dynel J....
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