NATIONAL CONGRESS P.R. RIGHTS v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 99 Civ. 1695(SAS).

75 F.Supp.2d 154 (1999)

NATIONAL CONGRESS FOR PUERTO RICAN RIGHTS, by Richie Perez, National Coordinator; and Kelvin Daniels; Poseidon Baskin; Djibril Toure; Hector Rivera; Victor Rodriguez; and Kahil Shkymba, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK; the New York City Police Department; and New York City Police Officers John Does # 1-500; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; and New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir, in their individual and official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Chang, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Jonathan C. Moore, New York City, Natalie R. Williams, Jennifer Cowan, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Lisa S.J. Yee, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Corporation Counsel for City of New York, New York City, for Defendants.


OPINION & ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, a civil rights organization and six black and Latino men, bring this civil rights case under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., and the Constitution and laws of the State of New York. In addition to money damages, they seek...

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