Overview
- The Office of Special Investigation said Officers Matthew Cianfrocco and Salvatore Alongi shot Rozario after he advanced with scissors, concluding the use of deadly force could not be proven unlawful at trial.
- Body-camera footage reviewed by investigators shows a 90-second encounter in which Tasers were deployed twice, Rozario’s mother briefly disarmed him, and five gunshots followed after he again picked up the scissors.
- The Civilian Complaint Review Board has substantiated misconduct allegations and filed departmental charges, with a disciplinary trial pending and potential penalties up to termination.
- Rozario’s family condemned the decision and has sued the city and the officers, calling for the CCRB trial to proceed and for NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to fire the officers.
- The AG’s report urges citywide expansion of B-HEARD crisis response teams, broader eligibility for those teams, and enactment of Daniel’s Law, as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani presses for non-police responses to some crisis calls.