Mayor Bloomberg NY No Transparency NYPD Victims Settlements
Oh and FYI NYPD in charge of press passes so another reason rampant NYPD corruption news killed like Queens DA corrupt criminal act refusing to put Adrian Schoolcraft abduction in front of a grand jury.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/nyregion/new-york-city-no-longer-discloses-federal-court-settlements.html?ref=nyregion&_r=
Oh and FYI NYPD in charge of press passes so another reason rampant NYPD corruption news killed like Queens DA corrupt criminal act refusing to put Adrian Schoolcraft abduction in front of a grand jury.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/nyregion/new-york-city-no-longer-discloses-federal-court-settlements.html?ref=nyregion&_r=
"City Is No Longer Reporting the Costs of Its Settlements of Federal Cases
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
Published: December 9, 2012
The New York City Law Department has quietly adopted a practice of withholding from public filings how much it pays to settle most federal court cases filed against the city or its employees.
Those amounts were once routinely included in documents placed into courthouse files, but about three years ago the agency began telling plaintiffs’ lawyers that the figures would be omitted from court filings as a condition of settling labor and employment cases. The policy was broadened in November to include lawsuits filed against members of the Police Department.
Law Department officials, who discussed the policy but did not agree to be quoted by name, acknowledged that in a majority of federal court cases that it settles, courthouse records no longer disclose how much the city paid out. The officials said that settlement amounts, however, remain available to those who file a Freedom of Information request or call the Law Department."
"“It is every New Yorker’s right to know how their tax dollars are being spent,” said David B. Rankin, a lawyer who recently handled an unlawful-force case against the police in which the settlement was not disclosed in court filings. “And it is particularly important to know how that money is being spent when it is being used to compensate the victims of misconduct by our Police Department.”"
