Overview
- Three plainclothes narcotics detectives sought evaluation at NYU Langone–Cobble Hill after a suspect spat blood on them.
- The detectives reported rude treatment and alleged they were mistaken for ICE and urged to go elsewhere; the hospital has not confirmed the remarks.
- NYPD says Commissioner Jessica Tisch received an apology from hospital representatives and a commitment to retrain staff.
- NYU Langone says one officer was asked to temporarily secure his weapon under policy while the others kept theirs, and that no one was denied care.
- The Detectives’ Endowment Association condemned the episode and said it is investigating, and officials said the arrested suspect was treated at Brookdale University Hospital.