NYPD still hasn't complied with the court order against its discriminatory stop-and-frisk, and its commissioner filed no charges in any bias case he took from the civilian watchdog.
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A federal court ruled on Aug. 12, 2013 (Floyd v. City of New York) that the NYPD violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments by conducting stops and frisks in a racially discriminatory manner. In her 2025 year-end report filed February 17, 2026, court-appointed monitor Mylan Denerstein told Judge Analisa Torres that after twelve years of oversight the NYPD 'has yet to reach substantial compliance,' that her audits found 11% of stops in the first half of 2025 unlawful while reviewing supervisors flagged only 1%, that only 64% of stops by Public Safety Team officers were lawful, and that roughly 30% of stops still go unreported. The report also states that in all five racial-profiling or bias cases where the Civilian Complaint Review Board sought charges but the Police Commissioner kept jurisdiction (eight officers), the commissioner found the conduct improper but not racially motivated and filed no charges. The monitor also set up a process to refer problematic encounters reported through its Community Liaison to NYPD leadership. The NYPD has drafted a Fourteenth Amendment compliance plan with a racial-disparities review committee, with a pilot expected in 2026.
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