Overview
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday ordered a months‑long, department‑wide review of NYPD use‑of‑force policies that will include community input and public hearings.
- The announcement pairs the review with procedural changes after Officer Salvatore Alongi retired while facing CCRB misconduct charges in the 2024 Win Rozario shooting.
- City Hall is adding $2.6 million to the Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD to roughly triple its staff and increase independent oversight of police policy and investigations.
- The NYPD has implemented a notification system introduced in August to flag pending disciplinary cases before officers retire and will formally notify the state Division of Criminal Justice Services to seek decertification when charges remain unresolved.
- Officials say the reforms aim to close long‑standing accountability gaps as reported use‑of‑force rose over the past decade and progressives press the mayor for deeper changes even though Commissioner Jessica Tisch remains in place.