On August 31,2015, the plaintiff, an African-American police officer, and others similarly situated filed a class action suit against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Plaintiffs allege that over the past decade and continuing to the present, the NYPD has pursued an unofficial policy of directing, instructing, compelling and mandating its employees to perform a mandatory numbers of arrests, issue a mandatory number of summons or write a mandatory number of tickets (quota) or a defined period of time. Plaintiffs allege the New York City Police Department has violated their First Amendment rights by punishing and retaliating against the plaintiffs for complaining and speaking out against the quota. They further allege the NYPD has violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights and violates employment discrimination laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 by discriminating against the plaintiffs on the basis of race and national origin in the administration of disciplinary measures for failure to meet the quota. The plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief and compensatory damages.

On January 11, 2016, the New York City Police Department filed a motion to dismiss on the basis that the complaint fails to properly state the claims alleged. The court has yet to rule on the motion as of March 14, 2016.

Maria Ricaurte - 03/14/2016


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