Overview
- The Police Benevolent Association filed the suit Tuesday in Manhattan federal court seeking to block the CCRB’s public disclosure of unproven misconduct records as unconstitutional.
- The complaint challenges the release of unsubstantiated allegations of sexual misconduct, biased policing and lying through Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) responses that end up on the database 50-a.org, which is not a defendant.
- The union asks the court to require redaction of officers’ names for those unproven complaints and to create a name‑clearing process before any release.
- The filing follows an October 2025 shift to list specific unproven allegations and a separate record‑keeping error this year that led the CCRB to dismiss nearly 50 bias‑policing complaints.
- The CCRB says its investigations are thorough and that it follows public‑records laws, and the case is now before U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick with no ruling reported yet.