Law Office Of Jack Jaskaran, Pllc v. City Of New York, New York City Police Department, Police Commissioner Edward Caban in his official capacity as the Police Commissioner of the City of New York

In the summer of 2020, high-profile incidents of police killings of African

Americans and other egregious forms of police violence nationwide, sparked a new wave of public

protest and dialogue about police misconduct and accountability.

As a result, the New York State legislature repealed Civil Rights Law Section 50-

a, known to many as New York’s “police secrecy law” because, for decades, it insulated a wide-

range of police misconduct and disciplinary records from public access.

This secrecy had a damaging effect on the public’s trust in the government’s ability

to police itself and on marginalized communities, particularly communities of color, which are

disproportionately impacted by police violence and misconduct.

Last year, Petitioner submitted a FOIL request to the NYPD that sought a copy of

the police disciplinary records possessed by the NYPD.

The FOIL request sought the entire casefile associated with an NYPD Internal

Affairs Bureau investigation against several NYPD Officers (Lieutenants Robert Fischer, Stephen

Latalardo, Thomas Syron, Sergeant Anthony Famighetti, and Police Officer Osvaldo Hernandez),

which included a high-ranking NYPD Uniformed Executive (Deputy Inspector Andrew

Ventrella).