Illegal stops and racial profiling: special unit officers continue to violate constitutional rights of New Yorkers

February 3, 2025, New York – In response to the latest report on the Neighborhood Safety Team (NST) and Public Safety Teams (“PST”) released by the court-appointed monitor in the landmark case, Floyd v. State of New York,  stop-and-frisk attorneys issued the following statements: 

Samah Sisay, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, said, “If these specialized NYPD units cannot respect the rights of New Yorkers, despite additional training and supervision, they should be disbanded. Their persistent constitutional violations in self-initiated pedestrian and vehicle stops is unacceptable." 

Co-counsel Jonathan Moore of Beldock Levin Hoffman LLP said, “This report, as well as many that have been issued of late by the Monitor in this case, demonstrates that the City of New York and the NYPD continues to engage in stop and frisks that violate not only their own regulations but the Constitution of the United States as well.  How much longer do the residents of this City have to wait for the City to come into compliance with the Constitution?”