New York at a glance
Population by race and Hispanic origin
Full-time law enforcement staff, New York City Police Department
- 33,316 Officers
- 14,100 Civilian staff
Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents
- 4.07 New York
- 2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
- 2.2 National average
These figures reflect the New York City Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.
Federal grant funding for New York
Data was last updated November 28, 2022
We identified over $725.7M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024
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Grant funding over time
Grant funding by federal department
Recent grants
Military equipment transfers
Data last updated July 9, 2024
$1.5M value of military equipment has been transferred to the New York City Police Department
The highest-value stock number reported is MINE RESISTANT VEHICLE with 1 item valued at $865,000.00 each
Recent equipment transfers
Ship date | Item and National Stock Number (NSN) | Quantity | Acquisition value, each | Acquisition value, total | DEMIL code | DEMIL IC |
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1/18/2017 | MINE RESISTANT VEHICLE 2355-01-553-4634 |
1 | 1 @ $658,000.00 | $658,000.00 | C | 1 |
3/9/2016 | MINE RESISTANT VEHICLE 2355-01-602-3357 |
1 | 1 @ $865,000.00 | $865,000.00 | C | 1 |
Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements
Data last updated June 1, 2023
NYCLU - NYPD Misconduct Complaint Database
The NYPD Misconduct Complaint Database, which the NYCLU obtained through Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests, is a repository of complaints made by the public on record at the CCRB. These complaints span two distinct periods: the time since the CCRB started operating as an independent city agency outside the NYPD in 1994 and the prior period when the CCRB operated within the NYPD. The database includes 279,644 unique complaint records involving 102,121 incidents and 48,757 active or former NYPD officers. The database does not include pending complaints for which the CCRB has not completed an investigation as of April 2021.
NYCLU - NYPD Misconduct Complaint DatabaseSettlements
We identified 6 publicly reported settlements that resulted in policy changes and $948,154,500.00 in monetary compensation to victims.
Year | Description | Outcome |
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2022 |
New York City officials agreed to pay a $387,000 settlement to Dounya Zayer, a 22-year-old woman, who was pushed to the ground by an New York Police Department (NYPD) officer while protesting George Floyd’s murder in May 2020. In May 2020, Zayer attended a protest in Brooklyn where she was shoved to the ground by NYPD Officer Vincent D’Andraia and subsequently hospitalized. She experienced a concussion and a seizure, among other serious injuries. A video of the incident went viral online, and Zayer filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York in December 2020. New York City agreed to pay $387,000 to settle the case in February 2022. In a rare move for police settlements in the United States, D’Andraia personally contributed $3,000. In addition, D’Andraia faces a criminal charge of misdemeanor assault as a result of the encounter. |
Compensation
$387,000.00 |
2021 |
A group of plaintiffs was awarded $750,000 on claims of injury caused by “sound cannons” during protests following the death of Eric Garner in 2014. Under the settlement agreement in this excessive force case, the New York City Police Department also agreed to stop the use of the high-frequency “deterrent” or “alert” tone on its long-range acoustic devices, which the department has used in the past primarily to communicate with large crowds. |
Policy changes
Compensation $750,000.00 |
2020 |
New settlement to prohibit NYPD from removing hijabs in police custody. A settlement agreement prohibiting the New York Police Department from removing detainees’ hijabs while in police custody was reached on November 5, 2020, nearly two years after a lawsuit was filed in 2018. The lawsuit may also have implications for police policies in Yonkers. The 2018 lawsuit claimed that it was illegal for the NYPD to remove religious attire for mugshots. Monetary settlements for the plaintiffs have yet to be reached. |
Policy changes |
2020 |
Johanna Pagan-Alomar, a Bronx resident, will receive $1.25 million to resolve a lawsuit against the NYPD, stemming from a 2018 incident that left Pagan-Alomar without her left eye. The Pagan-Alomar settlement represents only one of the multimillion-dollar settlements against the NYPD this year. In 2019, New York City spent more than $68 million in settlements in response to over 1,000 lawsuits. |
Compensation
$1,250,000.00 |
2020 |
In July 2021, the City of New York agreed to pay $567,500 to Tomas Medina, who had filed a complaint against the New York Police Department (NYPD) alleging that he was put in an illegal chokehold by an NYPD officer in 2018. The city will pay $562,500 and the officer will contribute $5,000 out of his own pocket. The complaint, filed with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, alleged that former detective Fabio Nunez had placed Medina in a chokehold and tased him 13 times when responding to a noise complaint. At the time, choke holds had been banned by the police department. Since beginning as an officer, Nunez has been named in several lawsuits alleging excessive force and other forms of misconduct. After attempting to have the case dismissed, a district judge ruled that the city and NYPD officials could be held liable, leading the city to settle for $567,500. |
Compensation
$567,500.00 |
2010 - 2019 |
Between 2010 and 2014, New York City spent $601.3 million on police misconduct cases, and spent nearly $270 million on police misconduct claims in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. In 2015, The Wall Street Journal released an analysis of settlement totals from instances of police misconduct among the ten largest local police departments in the nation. Many of the cases involved in the analysis involved alleged beatings, shootings, and wrongful imprisonment. The analysis determined that, between 2010 and 2014, New York City spent $601.3 million on police misconduct cases. In 2015, the city paid $5.9 million to the estate of Eric Garner, who died after being put in a police chokehold. Additionally, a report released by the New York City Comptroller’s Office disclosed that the city spent nearly $270 million to resolve police misconduct claims in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. A recent analysis of data published by the New York City Law Department, detailing information on civil actions alleging police misconduct, showed that in 2019 the city was responsible for over $68 million in payouts to resolve nearly 1,400 civil lawsuits filed against the department. |
Compensation
$945,200,000.00 |