{"active":true,"first_name":"Nicholas","last_name":"Albergo","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"PSA 3","assignment_date":"2024-09-30","id":"PSA3"},"shield_no":665,"taxid":"954471","complaint_ids":[202310269,202201462,201807747,201606819,201400143],"command_history":[{"command":"SPL TRN"},{"command":"MELD","id":"MELD"},{"command":"PSA 7","id":"PSA7"},{"command":"HBK IRT","id":"261"},{"command":"SRG 3","id":"SRG3"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","age":35,"shield_no_history":[17802],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Hasnain, Anees et Al vs The City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-08-20","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"24CV06221","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On September 13, 2021, Plaintiffs Anees Hasnain and Luis Mejia were peacefully participating in a protest near the Metropolitan Museum of Art when they were unlawfully detained and arrested by Defendant NYPD officers. Officer Albergo violently grabbed Plaintiff Hasnain's head, slamming her to the ground, causing her to lose consciousness and sustain a concussion. Simultaneously, Plaintiff Mejia was dragged to the ground and injured, with his arm forcibly extended, causing damage to his left elbow and arm. Both plaintiffs were handcuffed excessively tightly and arrested without probable cause. The officers did not read them their rights or offer a summons but instead transported them to the 28th Precinct in a prisoner transport vehicle, where they were detained for 5-7 hours, subjected to unreasonable large-scale arrest processing due to their involvement in the protest. Plaintiffs were not offered any phone call while in custody. The charges against the Plaintiffs were subsequently resolved.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.626794/gov.uscourts.nysd.626794.24.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69052522/20/hasnain-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith, Nalaya vs Albergo, Nicholas, Et. Al","start_date":"2019-10-07","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"514722/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Albergo, Nicholas","summary":"On January 25, 2018, at 7:45 pm plaintiff was lawfully parked inside of her vehicle in the vicinity of her friend’s apartment building, located at Gates Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Plaintiff's friend got into the vehicle and Plaintiff drove to a nearby parking spot. Defendant officers asked for Plaintiff’s license and registration which plaintiff gave. Defendants did not have any reasonable suspicion or probable cause to think plaintiff committed a crime. Plaintiff did not possess any illegal drugs, contrabands or weapon. However, defendants unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, falsely arrested/ imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted plaintiff, and denied plaintiff the right to due process and right to a fair trial. Defendants did not obtain anything from the unlawful frisk nor from unlawfully searching Plaintiff's vehicle. Nevertheless, the defendants unlawfully handcuffed plaintiff, falsely arrested and imprisoned her and transported her to the PSA 3 Precinct against her will. The plaintiff was unlawfully detained by the defendants for approximately 5 hours before the officers issued her a desk appearance ticket and released her from custody. Defendants initiated a criminal prosecution against the plaintiff based upon fabricated version of events and plaintiff was maliciously charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana. Plaintiff was required to make two court appearances and on March 1, 2018, all criminal charges brought against her were dismissed and sealed in their entirety. Plaintiff was deprived of her constitutional and common law rights when the individual defendants unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, falsely arrested/ imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and denied plaintiff the right to due process/right to a fair trial in violation of the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the common law and the laws of the State of New York.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=UfQ1Rz4ZTp9qTnckqy69_PLUS_Q==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Denmark, Shatee vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-03-14","disposition_date":"2019-10-03","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV01224","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Albergo, Nicholas","summary":"The Plaintiff was sitting outside of the address when Defendant Officers approached him and asked for identification. The Plaintiff did not have an ID on him but tried to cooperate with Defendant Officers. Defendant Officers told Plaintiff tat he had a warrant and would need to be taken to jail, the Plaintiff thought this was a mistake but allowed himself to be handcuffed when Defendant Officers falsely claimed that he was resisting arrest and physically assaulted him and with a metal baton. Defendant Officers sprayed the Plaintiff with mace and shot him with a taser. Plaintiff was taken to Kings County Hospital and later transported to the precinct and central booking and later to Brooklyn Hospital. All charges were then dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.413779/gov.uscourts.nyed.413779.2.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6327991/denmark-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Denmark, Shatee vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-12-30","disposition_date":"2017-12-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"16CV07101","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Albergo, Nicholas","summary":"On  February 8, 2015, plaintiff was sitting outside a residence. Police officers approached and asked for his id, but he did not have. He tried to cooperate by telling them his name, but officers told him he had a warrant out and would be taken to jail. Plaintiff, believing this was a mistake, still cooperated an allowed himself to be handcuffed. Officers then claimed he was resisting arrest, beat him with their hands and feet and hit him with metal batons in his head and metal batons. Officers also sprayed him with mac and shot him with a taser. They also contorted plaintiff's arm which was in a cast painfully behind his back. Plaintiff was then taken to the precinct and central booking. When brought before the judge, she allowed him to be taken to the hospital and all charges were ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.395239.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4558478/denmark-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Negron, Jesus vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-05-05","disposition_date":"2016-11-14","payout_amount":26250,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV02228","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Albergo, Nicholas","summary":"On Aug. 5, 2015, plaintiff was arrested, handcuffed and escorted to an awaiting police vehicle because officers alleged he had stolen orthopedic inserts from a pharmacy. While in the car, plaintiff became concerned when officers were not driving in the direction of the precinct and called 911 out of fear they would harm him. Officers then stopped the car, exited, and entered the back seat where they assaulted the plaintiff by kicking and punching him. Plaintiff complained of a pain in his thumb, but officers refused to take him to the hospital. \nOnce at the precinct, plaintiff was again attacked by additional officers. When he was finally taken to the hopspital, he was diagnosed with a fractured thumb.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.384941/gov.uscourts.nyed.384941.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520870/negron-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2021-09-22","case_no":"2021-23827","penalty":"Vacation days (20 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Made computer inquiries unrelated to official Department business.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21020193-albergo-7eda0e8e1db63bb374df582a5d6822cb119c11d7","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/7CDV-nicholas-albergo.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"115402","overtime":"22863","other":"20746","total":"159012"},"id":"7CDV","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/7CDV"}