The move comes a few days after the family of Win Rozario, a Queens teenager who was fatally shot by police while experiencing a mental health crisis, blasted the mayor and Jessica Tisch, his police commissioner, after it was disclosed the NYPD dropped the ball and let one of the cops retire before he could face a disciplinary trial.
MORE: In Call With Mamdani, White House Demanded NYPD Arrest Immigrant Shot by ICE Agents On Thursday Tisch acknowledged the department had failed to notify a police oversight agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, that Officer Salvatore Alongi had put in his retirement papers as they are required to do.
Tisch apologized and said the department would strengthen its efforts to ensure the CCRB was fully informed about cops facing discipline for misconduct who are seeking to retire.
That is one of the reforms Mamdani referenced on Friday, along with a review of the NYPD’s use-of-force practices. The mayor said it was the first such review in 10 years and would include “a robust community engagement process.” An image from an NYPD body camera shows Win Rozario in his kitchen, moments before Queens police officers responding to a mental health call opened fire, March 27, 2024.
Credit: Screengrab via NYPD Body Camera Footage “When the government uses force against a New Yorker, the standard for accountability must be at its highest. Every New Yorker deserves to know that force will be used lawfully, carefully and only when necessary,” Mamdani said in a statement.