Named in 12 known lawsuits, $8,489,500 total settlements.
Laboy, Devontae vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811958/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 3, 2025, ended June 3, 2026
$25,000 Settlement
Diallo, Kadidiatou, et Al,vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 812361/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 14, 2023, ended August 25, 2023
Administrative Closing
Figueroa, Cristian vs City of Ny et al.
Case # 802168/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 1, 2023, ended June 26, 2024
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 28, 2020, when Plaintiff was driving in his car, an unknown black car began aggressively following him and crossing in and out of the lane causing alarm, with no light nor siren to indicate itself as law enforcement officers. After a short while, the unknown black car, later discovered as an unmarked NYPD vehicle, crashed into Plaintiff’s car, totaling it as well as injuring Plaintiff’s back and fracturing his chest bone: sternum. The car crash caused Plaintiff’s car hit a parked car. Bystanders begin to fled the area on foot and the Plaintiff follows the bystanders and begin to run from the scene, fearing that the unknown individuals from that unmarked black car might cause further harm. However, ...
Estevez, Bryan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 817286/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 17, 2022, ended November 29, 2023
$250,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 29, 2020, Plaintiff was stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted battered and detained in an aggressive and excessive manner by POs Matthew Miret, John Migliaccio, Nicholas Rios, Mark Herman, John Doe and John Roe, solely on account of his age and race. Plaintiff was then falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. Thereafter, Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably on 1/27/22. As a result of this incident, Plaintiff sustained permanent bodily injury to his head, neck, back and limbs.
Carroway, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810624/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 21, 2022, ended January 30, 2023
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 1, 2022, Anthony Carroway (Plaintiff), absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, was approached by defendants for no reason, and stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search while in the custody of defendants without any legal reason or justification. Plaintiff was arraigned after his arrest and thereafter falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably.
Daniels, Dante vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808766/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 5, 2022, ended December 3, 2025
$100,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 13, 2021, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the plaintiff, was lawfully in the vicinity of the Forest Housing Project, when defendant PO Miglaccio, Amarantepolanco and Liriano and others were conducting an arrest of a person by the name of "Shawn" where many of the individuals present at the location were objecting to the excessive use of force by the defendants on Shawn , which resulted in the use of pepper spray/mace on a number of individuals present.
The defendant officers violently grabbed the plaintiff, threw him to the ground and jumped on him by several defendants. The officers then struck plaintiff in the head, body and limbs, causing injury. Officers placed their knees on the plaintiff's body a...
Bastone, Alfred vs City of Ny
Case # 801656/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 8, 2022
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020, Plaintiff was participating in a protest when NYPD officers kettled him and other protesters and proceeded to assault and arrest Plaintiff without justification. Individual NYPD Officers struck Plaintiff, removed and threw Plaintiff's prescription glasses, and placed Plaintiff in zip ties/flex cuffs incorrectly such that is caused strain to Plaintiff's arm and back. Plaintiff was arrested and taken into custody, where he remained for hours without receiving medical treatment for his head wound and other injuries. The summons issued to Plaintiff was dismissed before the court date. While the identities of the Individual Defendant NYPD officers are not known to Plaintiff, Officer Michael Reale is...
Sholom, Ezra vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801587/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 8, 2022
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020, plaintiff was attending a protest when NYPD officers arrested him. They struck him with batons and sprayed him with pepper spray. Plaintiff complained about the spray in his eyes, but the NYPD officers did not provide him
with immediate medical care. NYPD officers pushed him to the ground, where an officer positioned his knee between plaintiff’s shoulder blade and spine. NYPD officers placed extremely tight zipties/flex-cuffs on Mr. Sholom’s wrists, causing nerve damage and other injury. In addition, the plaintiff's glasses were knocked off and damaged during the arrest. Plaintiff was transported to a precinct and spent hours in custody before he was released. The summons was later dismi...
Desrosiers, Sarine, et al. vs City of Ny
Case # 800798/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 19, 2022, ended July 21, 2023
$300,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 4, 2021, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of Third Avenue and Brook Avenue in Bronx County. Defendant Officers Migliaccio, Doe, and Roe, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached Plaintiff for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained her in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search without any legal reason or justification.
Ortiz, Jewel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 803416/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 12, 2021, ended January 6, 2026
$47,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about September 10, 2020, Plaintiff was in a car with a other people when they were unlawfully stopped and ordered to exit the car by Defendants, including Police Officers John Migliaccio and Mike Suarez. The Defendants searched Plaintiff and the other occupants of the car, a gun was found on the person of the driver. At no time was a gun recovered from inside of the car Plaintiff was in. Then Plaintiff was arrested and transported to the 7 precinct, where she was strop-searched and nothing illegal or unlawful was found. On or about September 25, 2020, the Grand Jury voted a No True Bill as to Plaintiff and the case was dismissed.
Sierra, Samira, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 20CV10291,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 26, 2021, ended March 19, 2024
$7,161,242 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020, NYPD orchestrated an operation to corral, "kettle," assault, and arrest non-violent protestors in Mott Haven who were exercising their first amendment right to protest against police brutality and racial injustice.
Plaintiffs Amira and Samali Sierra were seized by a group of officers who threw them to the ground, handcuffed them with excessively tight zip ties, were made to wait hours sitting on the ground until Officer Umid Karimov put them on a bus to an arrest processing facility where Officer Alfredo Jeff identified himself as their arresting officer and put them in a holding cell without food, water, toilet paper, or other sanitary necessities and was ultimately issued a pink summons by...
Wood, Charles Henry vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV10541,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 18, 2020, ended October 25, 2023
$405,758 Settlement
Complaint
