Overview

• Rozario’s family filed the lawsuit Monday, naming the city, the NYPD and Officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco for violating his rights before he died.
• Body-camera footage cited in the complaint shows officers deploying a Taser twice and then shooting Rozario four times in the chest within two minutes of entering his Ozone Park apartment.
• The complaint alleges that officers disregarded mental health response policies, barred the family from their home for days and delayed medical aid to Rozario.
• Critics say the city’s B-HEARD crisis response program operates limited hours in fewer than half of NYPD precincts, leaving most mental health calls to police.
• No charges have been brought and the officers remain on duty in other assignments as the state attorney general’s office maintains its mandatory review.