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Retired NYPD Lieutenant to Sue City for Retaliation, Wage Theft, and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Retired NYPD Lieutenant Quathisha Epps to File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against City of New York and NYPD Leadership Over Retaliatory Pension Clawback and Wage Theft—Calls for Immediate Rescission, Oversight,...
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Presumed Guilty by a Strand: Why the NYPD and Other Employers...
Executive Summary Despite persistent scientific controversy and the lack of regulatory approval from any federal workplace drug testing authority, employers across the public and private sectors continue to rely on Psychemedics Corporation’s...
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Biased by Design: Why the NYPD’s Drug Testing Policies Fail the...
Executive Summary The New York City Police Department (NYPD) maintains a sweeping drug testing regime codified through a sequence of internal directives—Administrative Guide Procedures 332-05 through 332-13—which mandate biological sampling,...
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Weaponized Association: How the NYPD’s Vague Rules Enable Unequal Discipline and...
Executive Summary The New York City Police Department (NYPD) operates under a disciplinary regime that purports to uphold integrity, but in practice enables arbitrary punishment, political favoritism, and systemic inequity. At the center of this...
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Subpoena Without Scrutiny: How NYPD’s Administrative Code § 14-137 Enables Retaliatory...
I. Introduction Most New Yorkers have never heard of New York City Administrative Code § 14-137—and that’s the problem. Hidden in the statutory thicket of local law, this provision grants the NYPD Commissioner and designated officers sweeping...
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The Law of Retaliation: How the NYPD Uses Administrative Code §...
I. Introduction In the New York City Police Department, retaliation isn’t a deviation from the rules—it’s embedded in them. Codified under New York City Administrative Code § 14-115, the Police Commissioner possesses sweeping authority to...
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