The Trial Transcripts, Disputed Findings, and Fogel Objections in a Disciplinary Prosecution Already Challenged as Retaliatory
The Sanders Firm, P.C. is making available the disciplinary trial transcripts, Report and Recommendation, and competing Fogel submissions in NYPD v. Shatorra J. Foster, Case No. C-030622.
Foster’s pending civil-rights lawsuits allege that NYPD officials used the Department’s investigative and disciplinary processes as instruments of retaliation following her allegations of sexual assault, sexual coercion, harassment, and abuse of supervisory authority.
Deputy Commissioner–Trials Rosemarie Maldonado recommended Foster’s termination on October 23, 2026. On October 31, 2026, Foster’s counsel submitted detailed objections challenging the evidentiary findings, application of criminal statutes, credibility determinations, investigative deficiencies, and recommended penalty. The Department Advocate subsequently endorsed the recommendation.
Foster has since retired, protecting her financial interests. No final determination adopting Maldonado’s recommendations has been established.
These documents are being made available so the public can independently examine the sworn testimony, competing legal arguments, and disciplinary proceedings that remain central to Foster’s pending civil litigation.
Introduction to the Document Archive
The disciplinary proceedings against former Police Officer Shatorra J. Foster present substantial questions concerning the NYPD’s exercise of disciplinary authority, its treatment of allegations of sexual misconduct by supervisory personnel, and the impartiality of its investigative and adjudicative processes.
Those questions are already before the courts. Foster’s pending lawsuits allege that the disciplinary prosecution itself was used as a retaliatory mechanism rather than an impartial process for determining employee misconduct.
The documents reproduced below provide the underlying record necessary to evaluate those allegations. They include the September 8–9, 2026 trial transcripts, Deputy Commissioner–Trials Rosemarie Maldonado’s October 23, 2026 Report and Recommendation, Foster’s October 31, 2026 Fogel objections, and the Department Advocate’s November 2, 2026 submission.
Maldonado recommended termination. Her recommendations, however, must be distinguished from a final disciplinary determination by the Police Commissioner. Based on the information presently available, no final determination adopting those recommendations has been established.
These records are being published in the public interest because Foster’s pending civil-rights lawsuits expressly allege that NYPD officials manipulated investigative and disciplinary processes to retaliate against her for challenging alleged sexual misconduct, coercion, and abuse of supervisory authority. The proceedings raise substantial questions concerning governmental integrity, selective enforcement, and the use of public disciplinary authority against employees who report misconduct. The underlying documents are provided so readers can independently evaluate the sworn testimony, evidentiary findings, legal objections, and conduct of the officials involved.
Disciplinary Documents
- September 8, 2026 — Disciplinary Trial Transcript
- September 9, 2026 — Disciplinary Trial Transcript
- October 23, 2026 — Report and Recommendation of Deputy Commissioner–Trials
- October 31, 2026 — Foster’s Fogel Response and Objections
- November 2, 2026 — Department Advocate’s Fogel Response
About the Author
Eric Sanders is the founder and president of The Sanders Firm, P.C., a New York-based law firm focused on civil rights, immigration, employment discrimination, police misconduct, and other high-stakes matters. A retired New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) officer, he brings a rare inside perspective to the intersection of government power, public institutions, enforcement discretion, and constitutional accountability.
Over more than twenty years, Eric has counseled thousands of clients and handled complex matters involving police use of force, sexual harassment, retaliation, systemic discrimination, immigration consequences, and related civil-rights violations. His immigration practice focuses on family petitions, green cards, citizenship, removal defense, humanitarian protection, waivers, appeals, and complex status issues. He graduated with high honors from Adelphi University and earned his Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law. He is licensed to practice in New York State and in the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of New York.
Eric has received the You Can Go to College Committee Foundation Humanitarian Award, The Culvert Chronicles 2016 Man of the Year Award, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”)—New York Branch Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks “Keeper of the Flame” Award, and the St. John’s University School of Law Black Law Students Association (“BLSA”) Alumni Service Award. He is widely recognized as a leading New York civil-rights attorney and a prominent voice on evidence-based policing, institutional accountability, equal justice, and rights-based immigration advocacy.
