Named in 22 known lawsuits, $2,009,506 total settlements.
Knight, Tahje vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 810019/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 29, 2023
Creighton, Tyrone vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 23CV04002,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 17, 2023
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 New York, et al.
Case # 804582/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 3, 2023
Murphy, Harvey, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 23CV01925,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 24, 2023
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 New York, et al.
Case # 23CV00352,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 27, 2023
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 New York, 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 New York, 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 New York, 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
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
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
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
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
Foy, Allatisha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 028713/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 7, 2018
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
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
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.
