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A Transformative Approach to Public Safety Must Be Part of the Vision our New Mayor Delivers

Justice Committee responds to the election of Zohran Mamdani We congratulate Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and the hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of New Yorkers who powered his historic campaign to victory and elected the first South Asian and first Muslim mayor of our city. This win demonstrates what New Yorkers can achieve when we organize together, and the overwhelming desire and need for a city in which we can all thrive. Our approach to public safety must b

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Nov 6, 20252 min read

Family of Allan Feliz Sues NYPD Commissioner for Unjustifiable Refusal to Fire Killer Cop

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 16, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224.213.5495 Jen Nessel, press@ccrjustice.org media@latinojustice.org Family of Allan Feliz Sues NYPD Commissioner for Unjustifiable Refusal to Fire Killer Cop Ahead of the 6th Anniversary of Allan’s murder, the Feliz family and electeds rally to demand Lt. Rivera is fired New York, NY – Today, the family of Allan Feliz announced a landmark lawsuit against NYPD Com

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Oct 16, 20257 min read

Cop & Police Union Make Desperate Attempt to Block Upcoming Discipline Trial for Officer who Killed Delrawn Small

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Media Contact: Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224-213-5495 Cop & Police...

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Sep 24, 20254 min read

Testimony: Committee on Public Safety Oversight Hearing, Sept. 2025

At the Committee on Public Safety's hearing on Oversight on September 22, 2025 , Samy Feliz delivered the following testimony: My name is Samy Feliz. I am the younger brother of Allan Feliz, who was killed by NYPD Lt. Jonathan Rivera during an unjust traffic stop in 2019. I am here to make sure that Commissioner Tisch has not tricked any of you into believing she cares about police accountability or the safety of New Yorkers. Last month, she made it very clear that she only

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Sep 22, 20253 min read

18 Months Later, NYPD Pushed To Serve Misconduct Charges on Officers Alongi and Cianfrocco for Killing Bangladeshi Teen, Win Rozario

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 18, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224-213-5495 18 Months Later,...

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Sep 18, 202512 min read

Nearly Forty Elected Officials Urge Mayor Adams and Commissioner Tisch to Serve Charges & Fire Officers Who Killed Win Rozario “Without Delay or Obstruction"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 18, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224-213-5495 Nearly Forty...

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Sep 18, 20259 min read

Family of Win Rozario speak at rally it City Hall, NYC.

Oversight Board Substantiates Charges Against Police Who Killed Bangladeshi Teen Win Rozario, while Mayor Adams & NYPD Commissioner Tisch Continue to Ignore Win’s Family

On Wednesday September 10, 2025, the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) moved to substantiate numerous misconduct allegations against Officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco related to their killing of 19-year-old Win Rozario on March 27, 2024. The police review board substantiated a total of eight allegations of misconduct - four allegations against each officer - including excessive force and abuse of authority.

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Sep 12, 20256 min read

Family of Allan Feliz Outraged by Commissioner Tisch’s “Despicable” Refusal to Fire Killer Cop Rivera

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 20, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224.213.5495 Family of Allan...

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Aug 20, 20253 min read

Family of Allan Feliz & Legal Advocates Challenge Commissioner Tisch’s “Abuse of Discretion” in Preliminary Decision to Let Killer Cop Rivera Walk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 11, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224.213.5495 Family of Allan Feliz...

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Jul 14, 20255 min read

Family of Allan Feliz Joined by Electeds & Community to Demand Commissioner Tisch Fires Killer Cop Rivera

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 8, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224.213.5495 Family of Allan Feliz...

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Jul 9, 20255 min read

Family of Allan Feliz “Furious and Devastated” by Commissioner’s Dismissal of Charges Against Lt. Rivera

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 3, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224.213.5495 Family of Allan Feliz...

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Jul 3, 20254 min read

RELEASE: Family of Teen Win Rozario, Killed by NYPD, Demands Accountability from Mayor Adams, NYPD, and Attorney General James After Being “Left in the Dark and Disregarded” for 15 Months

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 26, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224-213-5495 Akash Singh,...

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Jun 26, 20256 min read

RELEASE: Family of Teen Win Rozario Sues NYC and NYPD Officers for Wrongful Death and Civil Rights Violations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 23, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224-213-5495 Akash Singh,...

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Jun 23, 20258 min read

A picture of Kilsi with her parets, Allan Feliz and Julie Aquino.

Spending Another Father's Day without My Dad: A Letter to Commissioner Tisch

Dear Commissioner Tisch, I hope this Father’s Day finds you well and surrounded by family. Sadly, my brother Eli and I are not able to...

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Jun 15, 20252 min read

Mother to Mother: A letter to Commissioner Tisch

Dear Commissioner Tisch, We wish you well on this Mother’s Day. We hope you are spending it with your sons. Sadly, we cannot do the same....

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May 11, 20252 min read

Protesters Stage Die-In to Call for Firing of Cop Who Killed Allan Feliz

Feliz Family is joined by elected officials, supporters to demand NYPD Commissioner Tisch and Mayor Adams Take Action After Years of...

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Apr 23, 20255 min read

Family of Queens Teen Shot & Killed by NYPD March and Rally at One-Year Anniversary Vigil

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 3, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224-213-5495 Akash Singh,...

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Apr 4, 20256 min read

Demands Increase After City Fails to Meet the Feliz Family’s March 31 Deadline: 50 Orgs Send Letter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 1, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224.213.5495 50 Organizations Urge...

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Apr 1, 20255 min read

50 Organizations Urge NYPD Commissioner to Fire Lt. Jonathan Rivera for Killing Allan Feliz

April 1, 2025 Police Commissioner Tisch New York Police Department 1 Police Plaza New York, NY 10038 Mayor Eric Adams City Hall New York,...

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Apr 1, 20254 min read

Family Outraged by Appellate Court Decision to Shield NYPD Cop Who Murdered Delrawn Small

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2025 Press Contacts: Grace Goodwin, grace@spitfirestrategies.com , 207-248-1009 Tess Weiner,...

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Mar 28, 20254 min read

Defeat of Proposed NYPD Headcount Increase is a Victory for New Yorkers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Defeat of Proposed NYPD Headcount Increase is a Victory for New Yorkers Justice Committee responds to removal of proposed 580 new cops in FY27 budget deal Today, the New York City Council and Mayor Mamdani reached a handshake agreement on the FY27 city budget. In a major movement victory, championed by a large coalition of grassroots, legal, advocacy and civil rights organizations New Yorkers, the agreement does not include any exp

Jun 301 min read

70 Organizations Deliver Letter to Mayor Mamdani: Reject NYPD Expansion, Invest in Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 25, 2026 70 Organizations Deliver Letter to Mayor Mamdani: Reject NYPD Expansion, Invest in Care Days before budget deadline, groups, electeds, and community members urge Mayor to deliver on his campaign promises & public safety vision New York, NY – In a show of widespread, unified opposition to the direction of the Mamdani administration's public safety policy, 70 organizations delivered a letter to the mayor today, urging his him to re

Jun 257 min read

[Gothamist] Police reformers call on Mamdani to rein in NYPD's quality of life crackdown

By Liam Quigley and Elizabeth Kim Dozens of community groups sent Mayor Zohran Mamdani a letter on Thursday calling for him to scale back the NYPD’s crackdown on low-level offenses. The groups, largely made up of criminal justice advocates, criticized Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s focus on “quality of life” arrests, arguing the approach criminalizes poverty. The letter also called on Mamdani to halt plans to hire 580 new police officers, and said the money should instea

Jun 252 min read

Letter from 70 Orgs to Mamdani: Invest in Care, Not More Cops

June 2026 Mayor Zohran Mamdani City Hall New York, NY 10007 Cc: First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Renita Francois, Office of Community Safety Commissioner Ayesha Delany-Brumsey, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch Subject: Opposition to NYPD Headcount Increase and Expansion of Broken Windows Policing Dear Mayor Mamdani, Your election as mayor gave us hope for a genuine break from the failed policing-first approach that has criminalized our communi

Jun 255 min read

Public Safety Testimony from Samy Feliz to City Council

My name is Samy Feliz. I am representing the Justice Committee, a grassroots organization committed to ending police violence and systemic racism in New York City. I was born and raised in the Bronx and Washington Heights. To me, public safety is very personal. My brother, Allan Feliz, was killed by NYPD Lt. Jonathan Rivera and Officers Michelle Almanzar and Edward Barrett in 2019. Lt. Rivera has since been promoted, despite a documented record of 40 misconduct allegations an

Jun 123 min read

Christine Henson's Testimony to City Council on Public Safety & Mental Health

My name is Christine Henson. I am the mother of Andrew Henson, who is affected by autism and limited speech abilities. When he was 16, Andrew was assaulted by the NYPD. It is disappointing that Mayor Mamdani’s executive budget invests approximately $12B in the NYPD, increases the officer headcount by 580, and increases funding to the failed B-HEARD program while failing to make real investments in services New Yorkers need. In 2018, I requested a speech evaluation at Andrew

Jun 124 min read

[BOLTS] The NYPD Has Final Say on Civilian Oversight. Will That Change Under Mamdani?

New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, ostensibly a police watchdog, cedes much power to police leadership. Experts say the mayor has the power to boost its independence. By Piper French New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, the watchdog agency that oversees the New York Police Department, consistently touts its independence—“independent agency” is the first descriptor on all of the board’s official communications. The board, which investigates instances

Jun 113 min read

Allan Feliz’s Family Challenges NYPD Commissioner's Refusal to Fire Killer Cop in State Supreme Court Hearing

Suit calls Commissioner Tisch’s decision to overturn her own deputy commissioner’s guilty verdict an abuse of discretion New York, NY – Today, the family of Allan Feliz asked the New York State Supreme Court to order NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to fire the police officer who killed him more than six years ago. In an oral argument on the landmark lawsuit filed by the family and Justice Committee in October 2025, their lawyers argued that Tisch abused her discretion when sh

May 146 min read