Tag: settlement
Ruhim Ullah pleaded guilty after being arrested in 2010 for menacing police officers with a machete, but despite his admission of guilt, he still received a $5,000 settlement from the city for a subsequent lawsuit. Ullah, 24, was shot in the leg by NYPD because according to witnesses and police at the scene, he was […]
An NYPD officer has decided to settle her harassment lawsuit against the city for $100,000. The cop alleged that her commanding officer wrote lewd comments in her memo book and sent threatening text messages to her cell phone. According to the New York Daily News: Police Officer Anais Perez-Villegas of the 75th Precinct alleged that Sgt. Nathan Mole […]
When NYC was hit by a massive blizzard nearly four-years ago, some people got a nice snow day, but for 500 riders on the A-train it was a claustrophobic ordeal in which they were stranded in freezing temperatures for about 10 hours. Now the MTA has settled with 38 victims of the malfunction. They’ll each be […]
In a decision that shouldn’t even have to be debated, New York State settled with the NYCLU today, agreeing to provide defendants with a suitable attorney if they cannot afford one. Despite the fact that it has been the law for 50 years, New York has consistently failed to provide a defense lawyer and has even gone as far […]
