{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Levay","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"120 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-08-03","id":"120pct"},"shield_no":1815,"taxid":"945916","complaint_ids":[202205076],"command_history":[{"command":"123 DET","id":"123det"}],"appt_date":"2008-01-07","middle_initial":"R","shield_no_history":[27046,7109],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Gill, Daniel vs Rudolph W. Giuliani, et al.","start_date":"2023-06-08","disposition_date":"2024-11-21","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"23CV04087","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On June 26, 2022, Plaintiff was working at his customary job at ShopRite when Giuliani entered for a typical campaign \"meet-and-greet.\" While Giuliani was among his supporters, Plaintiff placed his hand on Giuliani's back and called him a \"scumbag.\" Video footage captured the entire encounter. Someone called 911 and police officers arrived on the scene. Giuliani falsely claimed to the officers that Plaintiff smacked him very hard on the back and his back hurt. Officer Matthew T. McCarthy, at Giuliani's insistence and on orders from Sergeant Milatta, falsely arrested Plaintiff for a violent felony offense without reviewing the video. The false complaint and charge were approved by Officer Michael Levay (who did review the videotape) and Sergeant James Coughlin. Plaintiff was denied a Desk Appearance Ticket by Sergeant Coughlin on the false ground that there was an immediate need for an Order of Protection. The unsustainable charges were downgraded as soon as the video was publicly released. Later, the case was dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598903/gov.uscourts.nysd.598903.2.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67400460/gill-v-giuliani/"},{"name":"Ores, Jeff vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-12-18","disposition_date":"2014-08-21","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV07076","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Levay, Michael R.","summary":"On September 12, 2013, defendant officers arrested plaintiff without cause and charged plaintiff with violation of NYCRR 1050.9(d) ‘Restricted Areas and Activities.’ \n\nPrior to the arrest, plaintiff exited a train and was about to exit the train station when defendant officers ran up to the plaintiff and arrested the plaintiff. The plaintiff was then immediately ordered by defendant officers to submit himself to an illegal search, with defendant officers pushing, shoving and kicking the plaintiff. \n\nEven though defendant officers did not find anything illegal from their search, defendant officers nonetheless tightly handcuffed the plaintiff with his hands placed behind his back. After falsely arresting the innocent plaintiff, defendant officers forcibly dragged the plaintiff to NYPD-Transit District 34 for arrest processing.\n\nWhile dragging the plaintiff to NYPD-Transit District 34, defendant officers\nsubjected the plaintiff to a strip/body cavity search in the presence and clear\nview of other individuals who were present at the time. When the plaintiff inquired as to reason for his arrest, defendant officers repeatedly hit and punched the plaintiff on his head and repeatedly called the plaintiff a monkey and a \"f*****g nigger.\"  Subsequently, after detaining the plaintiff for a lengthy period of time at\nNYPD-Transit District 34, plaintiff was transported to the Central Booking\nto await arraignment. \n\nOn or about September 13, 2013, following the plaintiff’s arraignment, the\nfalse charge(s) against plaintiff were dismissed.\n\nAs a result of the aforesaid actions by the defendants, plaintiff suffered and continues to suffer emotional distress, fear, embarrassment, humiliation,\nshock, discomfort, loss of liberty, loss of rights to familial association, wages and financial losses, pain and damage, and damage to reputation.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.350307/gov.uscourts.nyed.350307.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13050529/ores-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/LX2X-michael-levay.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"117911","overtime":"80828","other":"24444","total":"223182"},"id":"LX2X","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/LX2X"}