Webster, Joyce vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 525383/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 1, 2024
Complaint
Description: In the early afternoon on September 19, 2021, the Plaintiff, a 61-year-old woman who is an active and well-known member of her community, called 311 to request that water services be restored to her building. The water had been turned off as a result of the tenants' long-standing battle with an abusive landlord. At approximately 11:00 a.m., two NYPD members arrived at the plaintiff's residence, placed her in handcuffs and arrested her without explanation. The officers took her to the 77th Precinct where she was told that her landlord told 911 that the plaintiff threatened to have her boyfriend shoot him. The plaintiff didn't have a boyfriend and never made any such comment to the landlord. She explained that he...