A recent report by court-appointed monitor Mylan L. Denerstein reveals alarming levels of unlawful stops by New York City's anti-crime units, including a quarter of all stops made by the Neighborhood Safety and Public Safety Teams in 2023. The report highlights a failure by command-level supervisors to address these unlawful practices, emphasizing that the N.Y.P.D. must prioritize constitutional compliance. This marks the 23rd assessment since federal rulings against improper stop-and-frisk tactics, pointing to persistent accountability issues within the department, especially amid ongoing scandals and leadership instability.
The report found that the units, the Neighborhood Safety Teams and Public Safety Teams, made unlawful stops at least a quarter of the time in 2023.
Despite the volume of unlawful stops, command-level supervisors habitually failed to identify or address them, limiting departmental accountability.
Ms. Denerstein emphasized that 'the ball is in the Department's hands,' urging them to ensure constitutionally compliant stops, frisks, and searches.
This report, marking the 23rd assessment since 2013, underscores a decadelong struggle to curb unlawful stops and implement required reforms.
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