Named in 23 known lawsuits, $2,509,506 total settlements.
Knight, Tahje vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810019/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 29, 2023
Complaint
Description: For years, NYPD officers of the 40th Precinct and Public Service Area unlawfully targeted Plaintiff and attempted to prosecute Plaintiff without probable cause.
On, March 12, 2021, plaintiff Tahje Knight was lawfully in the vicinity of East 125th Street in the Bronx when he was unlawfully approached, frisked, arrested and detained by defendant officers James Weck, Eric Dym, Michael Visintin, Jayther Liriano, Michael Kontorovich, Jose Tejada, and Nestor Amarantepolanco. When defendant officers stopped and frisked plaintiff and obtained no contraband, instead of releasing plaintiff, plaintiff was cuffed and detained to search for evidence of a crime.
Plaintiff was then falsely charged by defendant officer We...
Creighton, Tyrone vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV04002,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 17, 2023, ended November 19, 2024
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 26, 2020, Plaintiff observed police officers attacking and grabbing his 12-year-old nephew. Plaintiff and other family members immediately approached the officers and identified themselves as the family of the child. Plaintiff wanted to know why the police were treating his nephew so aggressively for crossing the street to his family. Plaintiff was not breaking any laws or interfering with the police. He started to film the occurrence with his phone, including an officer that was striking his brother. PO John Doe 1 then ran up and violently pushed the Plaintiff’s chest backwards, sending him flying. Following that, PO Carlos Gomez, Lieutenant Eric S. Dym, and other unknown officers rushed towards the Pla...
Creighton, Tyrone vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 804582/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 3, 2023
Complaint
Description: On May 26, 2020, Plaintiff Tyrone Creighton, was approached by defendants P.O. CARLOS GOMEZ, LT. ERIC DYM and P.O. DOE and demanded that Plaintiff walk backwards. A defendant police officer violently pushed the plaintiff, sending him flying backwards. Immediately thereafter, multiple police officers, including defendant P.O. GOMEZ and LT. DYM, rushed toward Plaintiff and threw Plaintiff against a car. The actions of the police caused Plaintiff's head to strike the car. The defendant officers handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff and transported Plaintiff to PSA 7. There, one police officer recognized Plaintiff from a prior incident and informed Plaintiff that he was going to make sure that Plaintiff "was the last p...
Murphy, Harvey, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV01925,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 24, 2023, ended July 15, 2024
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 9, 2020, Plaintiff was out walking with a man he knew, in a neighborhood that has a largely Black and Latinx population. That evening, Plaintiff was present in his capacity as a community organizer, pursuant to reports from community members about severe increases in police harassment since COVID-19 restrictions were put into place. As Plaintiff and the other man were leaving an area where there had been a vigil for a child who had died, they saw two plainclothes officers driving slowly in an unmarked car, staring and slowly starting to follow them. Eventually, Plaintiff and the other man pulled out their cell phones to record, fearing police harassment. They were then forcibly stopped by the officers,...
Elliot, Roland vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV00352,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 27, 2023, ended July 15, 2024
$250,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 7, 2020, Plaintiff was at home in his NYCHA property, located in a largely Black and Latinx neighborhood that is heavily and disproportionately patrolled and surveilled by NYPD as a regular practice. That evening, Plaintiff went outside to check on his children. They were part of a vigil outside his building for a child who had been killed earlier that day. While at the vigil, Plaintiff questioned why the police were harassing the children gathered to mourn, and was confronted by two uniformed police officers, one of whom was PO Eric S. Dym. PO Dym and the other officer turned their attention to Plaintiff and, without issuing any requests or commands relating to a search or a stop, quickly began a viol...
Hardy, Aaron vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 22CV01334,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 22, 2022, ended August 12, 2022
$4,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 16, 2019, plaintiff was walking when he was stopped by Lt. Eric Dym and Sgt. Natalie Bautista who demanded to search plaintiff. They took him to the precinct and searched him there, revealing nothing illicit. They issued plaintiff with a summons ticket alleging he'd engaged in disorderly conduct. The summons ticket was dismissed on June 10, 2019.
On April 27, 2019, plaintiff observe Lt. Dym, Sgt. Bautista, Officer Jose Tejada, and Officer Lorvin Fernandez stop another individual. Plaintiff began filming the officers but was not interfering with them. Lt. Dym and Sgt. Bautista approached plaintiff and threatened to arrest him for filming them. Lt. Dym ordered plaintiff to put the phone down. Dym and B...
Rhodes, Terrell vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811127/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 17, 2021, ended March 3, 2022
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 26, 2020, plaintiff was on a street observing a police interaction and attempting to film it. NYPD officers, including Dym and the Does were on duty, dressed in plainclothes and patrolling the area. The officers had stopped and were holding a 12-year-old boy, which caused a reaction from the boy's family and other civilians present. The plaintiff attempted to film this interaction, and he maintained a distance from the officers and did not interfere with their activity. At one point, as plaintiff crossed the street to go to the corner deli, the officers grabbed him and threw him down onto the sidewalk, and officers including Dym attempted to grab his cellphone. Dym and another officer placed their knees ...
Walker, Darryl vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 802968/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 4, 2021, ended February 28, 2022
$115,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 26, 2020, P.O.s including Officer Gomez and Lt. Dym, approached Plaintiff without cause or provocation and demanded that he “back up,” to which Plaintiff complied. A P.O. then sprayed Plaintiff in the face with pepper spray and immediately thereafter, Lt. Dym repeatedly punched Plaintiff in the face, head and neck, and stomped on Plaintiff’s feet. P.O.s falsely accused Plaintiff of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree and disorderly conduct, and took him to the precinct. There, P.O.s continued to assault and batter Plaintiff by kicking him in the testicles and kneeing him in the back. As a result, Plaintiff was taken to the hospital to receive treatment for his injuries before goi...
Parris, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV10847,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 29, 2020, ended July 8, 2021
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 14, 2019, Plaintiff was stopped by two plainclothes police officers while two other officers observed. These officers were some subset of: NYPD Officer Carlos Gomez, Officer Kelvis Rodriguez (resigned), Officer James Weck, Officer Jose Tejada, Lieutenant Eric Dym, and Police Sergeant Natalie Bautista. The officers unlawfully searched him. Plaintiff became nervous and spit on the ground, and he was then tightly handcuffed and arrested by the officers. Officers also unlawfully accessed Plaintiff's sealed arrest history. At the precinct, an officer took Plaintiff's candy. Plaintiff was also strip-searched in a cell. Plaintiff was ultimately charged with littering and with spitting on the sidewalk; the...
Grant, Monae vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032286/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 20, 2020
Grant, Monae vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033982/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 20, 2020
Complaint
Description: On August 22, 2019, NYPD LT. Eric Dym falsely arrested Monae Grant ("Plaintiff") and used excessive and unreasonable force. Plaintiff was sitting her friends on a bench outside of her apartment building known as the JOhn Adam Houses. Defendant Dym scared Plaintiff into providing identification without having any legal authority to do so. Defendant Dym grabbed Plaintiff and pulled her right arm up behind her body beyond the point where it could move freely. Plaintiff was transported to the NYPD's Public Service Area 7 Precinct. At the precinct, Plaintiff complained about the pain in her elbow, but an officer told her that if she wanted to go to the hospital, it would take longer to process her arrest and she was...
Davis, Lamont vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 030963/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 28, 2020, ended June 2, 2023
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 29, 2017, at approximately 12am, defendant police officers John Olsen, Eric Dym and John Suarez (and one unnamed officer), unlawfully stopped, confronted, assaulted, questioned, searched, and arrested Mr. Lamont Davis, a 30 year old African-American male, in rear of the vicinity of 680 Tinton Avenue in Bronx county and taken to PSA 7 precinct, and then to Bronx County Central for booking. Mr. Lamont was attempting to enter the building at 680 Tinton Avenue when we was confronted and assaulted by POs Olsen, Dym, Suarez and John/Jane Doe. The POs forcibly grabbed and threw Mr. Lamont to the ground, kneed him in his back, and punched his head and jaw. They continued to strike Mr. Lamont even after tight...
Elvin, Kendell, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026701/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 1, 2020, ended November 10, 2022
$417,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 25, 2019, plaintiffs were lawfully and peacefully gathering to mourn the passing of a friend in the vicinity of 750 East 166th Street, Bronx, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause or legal justification, approached plaintiffs and stopped, questioned, searched, and ordered plaintiffs to place their hands above their heads. Defendants then arrested plaintiffs with tight handcuffs, causing injuries and substantial pain. Without any provocation, defendants then struck and kicked plaintiffs, as well as slamming them to the ground multiple times and employing chokehold. While in custody, plaintiffs were strip-searched, and during arraignment they were falsely prosecuted with committing a ...
Gathright, Nathaniel, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025650/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 12, 2020, ended August 16, 2022
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 22, 2019, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 721 Tinton Avenue, Bronx, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause or legal justification other than plaintiff's race, approached plaintiff and stopped, questioned, grabbed, and restrained plaintiff. Defendants then arrested plaintiff with tight handcuffs, causing substantial pain. Plaintiff was then transported to a police precinct, where he was processed and searched. Defendants employed illegal interrogation tactics and threatened plaintiff with criminal prosecution. Defendants then fabricated allegations that plaintiff was resisting arrest and that he swung a fist at one of the defendant officers, so that plaintiff could be crim...
Wise, Earl vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033551/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 7, 2018, ended January 2, 2020
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 18, 2017, at approximately 12:15 a.m., Plaintiff was present in front of 1260 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York. laintiff was merely "hanging out" conversing with friends on a pleasant spring night. He was not selling contraband nor possessing it, nor did the police ever see this because it never happened. The police approached them without any reasonable suspicion that the Plaintiff and his acquaintances had committed any crime as they inquired of them what they were doing there. The Plaintiff and his acquaintance said they were doing nothing but sitting there and talking. The cops noticed an open Hennessy bottle that was empty. This bottle did not belong to the Plaintiff and the police did not seeanyone ...
Foy, Allatisha vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 028713/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 7, 2018, ended August 6, 2025
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 5, 2017, plaintiff went to the precinct to file a complaint against Defendant Officer Greaiage. At the precinct, she was told to wait by an officer and while waiting saw Defendant Officers and informed the officer she spoke to that the Defendant Officers were present at the incident for which is the basis of her complaint and wanted to file a complaint against them too. After a few minutes, Defendant officers asked plaintiff to put her bad down and arms behind her back, and arrested her; she was tightly handcuffed, searched, and placed in a holding cell while handcuffed; she was pushed and batterd. Defendant officers told other people that plaintiff could not be released because of her intent to file ...
Slater, Sharod, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV05861,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, July 18, 2018, ended June 26, 2019
$52,506 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The defendant officers came into contact with and arrested 7 plaintiffs on the charges of Possession of a Gambling Device, Criminal Trespass in the Third Degree, Trespass and Loitering. . All of the plaintiffs were taken to the PSA7 precinct, where they were imprisoned. At the PSA7 precinct, plaintiffs were unlawfully strip searched. Defendant officers brought false incriminating charges of crimes of Resisting Arrest, Possession of a Gambling Device, Criminal Trespass and Loitering against the plaintiffs. The charges brought against the plaintiffs were eventually all dismissed.
Lopez, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027615/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 2, 2018, ended February 19, 2019
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 30, 2017, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Jose Lopez was in the vicinity of 510 East 146th Street in the Bronx, New York, when several NYPD officers, including Police Officer Marlin Murphy, Police Officer Andres Gomez, and Lieutenant Eric Dym, approached him without an arrest warrant or probable cause. The officers stopped, searched, and detained Lopez, using aggressive and excessive force. Lopez was subjected to a strip search while in police custody, despite the absence of any legal reason. Following his arrest, he was accused of a crime, fingerprinted, photographed, and held for more than 24 hours. During this time, Lopez had to endure multiple court appearances until the charges against him were eventual...
Lasalle, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 023941/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 22, 2017, ended February 27, 2019
$860,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 5, 2016 at approximately 10:30 p.m., Plaintiff was in the vicinity of a housing complex in the Bronx, dressed in CopWatch Patrol Unit clothing and observed three plain clothed NYPD Officers Defendants Duran, Baez, and Frias questioning and searching two individuals. Plaintiff recorded the encounter on video. When the officers passed Plaintiff, they exchanged words with Plaintiff. Defendants grabbed Plaintiff and his video camera and handcuffed and arrested the plaintiff and brought him to the PSA 7 precinct.
Plaintiff, who was known for exposing police conduct through his role in CopWatch Patrol, was recognized when he was brought to the precinct and officers cheered at his arrest. Plaintiff was se...
Oquendo, Evelyce, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 303650/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 18, 2016, ended February 28, 2020
$92,500 Settlement
Amalfitano, Vito vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09100,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 2, 2015, ended June 26, 2017
$178,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was outside his son's mother' s house waiting for her when he was approached by four men. Since there have been shooting in the area recently, he ran into the building and went up to his son's mother's house, as he approached the door, the men pushed him inside the apartment and assaulted him, sprayed him with pepper spray, and put him in a chokehold. Plaintiff was charged with poss. Of marijuana and resisting arrest, were later dismissed.
Johnson, Alonge, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04149,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 8, 2015, ended November 22, 2016
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff while he was walking to his sister's apartment in a NYCHA building. Officers assaulted him, sprayed him with mace, and held him in a chokehold, which resulted in need for hospitalization. Officers took Plaintiff to precinct, stole his phone, strip -searched him, and then released him.
Gomez, Omayra Png By Santiago, Jazmin, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV07989,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 30, 2012, ended September 20, 2013
$95,000 Settlement
