Gonzalez, Chayanne vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV09499,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 9, 2022
Complaint
Description: On January 30, 2020, Plaintiff Chayanne Gonzalez went to the 33rd precinct in Manhattan to pick up a friend's car that was being held by the NYPD. When plaintiff showed his identification, multiple NYPD officers approached him and assisted Officer Odali Cruz in arresting plaintiff, claiming that he was the driver in a hit and run accident involving a police car on January 3, 2020. The officers - who knew plaintiff from the area due to a history of harassing him by regularly pulling him over for petty traffic infractions - berated and mocked plaintiff. The officers also falsely claimed that Officers Daniel Goldberg and Joshua Moscoso personally observed plaintiff hitting the police car and fleeing the scene. ...