Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Civilian Complaint Review Board

Richard Smith and Julie Floyd, siblings of Ronald Anthony Smith, are calling for justice for their brother, who was killed by the NYPD in April on Eastern Parkway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Video Shows Cops Not Even Trying to Save Man they Struck on Eastern Parkway: Family

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

Where was their courtesy? Where was their professionalism? Where was their respect for this man? He wasn't dirty. He wasn't no bum off the street. That's my brother," the victim's sister said on Monday.

A cop used his bike to bash a protester in May 2020. Photo: File

LEGAL EASE: How I Got Secret NYPD Misconduct Reports — and How You Can, Too

By John Teufel | Jan 3, 2022 | No Comments

Some lessons from a lawyer who pushed the Civilian Complaint Review Board — and won.

AWFULLY IRONIC: NYPD Threatens Tipster After Streetsblog Story About Prior Harassment Over 311 Complaints About Illegal Parking

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

“Keep fucking around,” the new harasser texted.

Police employee-owned vehicles fill the bike lane on Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

BAD COP, BAD COP: NYPD Threatens Tipster for Filing 311 Complaints About Illegal Parking

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 18, 2021 | No Comments

Members of the NYPD harassed a cyclist after he reported the cops for illegally parking, according to the complainant — and now the matter is under investigation by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

A Round and a Roundy: The NYPD Discipline Problem

By Streetsblog | Jan 18, 2021 | No Comments

A new lawsuit seeks the hiring of a monitor to oversee the NYPD — something both the mayor and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said was unnecessary. Our cartoonist begs to differ.