Overview

• Complaints to the CCRB alleging excessive or unnecessary NYPD force rose from about 3,700 in 2022 to more than 5,500 in 2023 and 5,600 in 2024, according to Comptroller Brad Lander’s report.
• The highest complaint totals clustered in the 40th, 44th, 73rd and 75th precincts covering parts of East New York, Cypress Hills and the South Bronx, where residents are overwhelmingly Black and Latino.
• In the most recent fiscal year, more than 6,000 police‑action claims produced roughly $113 million in city settlements, the report found.
• Lander urges precinct‑level trend analysis, targeted use‑of‑force training in high‑risk precincts, quarterly public misconduct reports, and a shift for the NYPD to pay its own legal settlements.
• City Hall calls the report’s data inaccurate and points to broader CCRB authority and more policing, the NYPD notes about 5% of use‑of‑force allegations were substantiated in 2023–24, and the administration has not committed to Lander’s reforms as separate oversight probes continue.