A Letter from NYS + NYC Electeds to Commissioner Tisch & Mayor Adams: Serve CCRB-Substantiated Charges on Officers who Killed Win Rozario "Without Delay or Obstruction"

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September 18, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams

City Hall

New York, NY 10007

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch

1 Police Plaza

New York, NY 10038

RE: Discipline Proceedings Against Officers Alongi & Cianfrocco for Killing Win Rozario

Dear Commissioner Tisch and Mayor Adams,

This coming September 27, 2025 will mark 18 months since NYPD Officers Salvatore Alongi & Matthew Cianfrocco killed Bangladeshi teenager Win Rozario in his home, in front of his mother and younger brother. While the officers acted chaotically, Win’s mother tried to protect him from the officers, pleading “don’t shoot” in spite of her limited English proficiency. Alongi & Cianfrocco killed Win in less than two minutes of their arrival to the family’s apartment. Instead of following their training and NYPD protocols, Alongi & Cianfrocco repeatedly exacerbated the crisis they created. They recklessly shot Win five times and tased him multiple times – including when he had nothing in his hands -- while endangering the lives of Win’s mother and younger brother in the process.

Following the shooting, the NYPD refused to let Win’s mother and younger brother accompany him to the hospital – forcing them to be interrogated without counsel, instead of being by Win’s side. Following the interrogations, Win’s parents and brother were forced to find somewhere to stay while the NYPD blocked them from being able to retrieve medications, clothes or their cat from their home. Win’s family was not allowed to return to their home for days and the NYPD refused to even allow someone to feed their cat during this time.**

**More information about the incident and mistreatment of Win’s family can be found in the letter Win’s family sent to you both in June and Win’s mother’s Daily News op-ed.

Last week, the board of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) substantiated misconduct against both officers and recommended “charges and specifications” – the highest class of discipline against officers, reflecting the seriousness of misconduct. The CCRB has filed the relevant charges and specifications with the NYPD. It is now incumbent on the NYPD to serve the CCRB’s charges on the officers, in order to formally

commence disciplinary proceedings.

As elected officials who are committed to safety and justice, we urge you to ensure that there is no obstruction or delay in serving the CCRB’s charges on Officers Alongi & Cianfrocco. We ask that you ensure that the CCRB-substantiated charges are served on Alongi & Cianfrocco by Friday, September 26, 2025 so that they are served within the 18-month statute of limitations (SOL) deadline, as outlined in section 75 of NYS civil

service law. – and so that the CCRB can move forward with the discipline proceeding against the officers.

While it is possible to serve “charges and specifications” on officers after 18 months under section 75’s “crime exception”, such delays create unnecessary and unfair hurdles for pursuing fair accountability of police misconduct. The NYPD has a notorious history of delaying and obstructing discipline against officers who kill New Yorkers, including in the cases of Eric Garner, Kawaski Trawick and Allan Feliz. This has included the NYPD

delaying the conclusion of NYPD force investigation division’s (FID) investigations, delaying service of charges on officers for months and sometimes even over a year, threatening to take over CCRB-investigated cases, and most recently overturning the NYPD’s own trial judge’s determination to fire the officer who killed Allan Feliz. We hope that the NYPD refrains from further delays and obstruction with respect to the officers who killed Win

Rozario.

We are disappointed that for the 18 months since he was killed, Win’s family says they have received no updates on the FID investigation – in spite of the fact that Mayor Adams has previously proclaimed that NYPD investigations regarding police killings would conclude within six months. For over a month after Win Rozario was killed, the NYPD blocked transparency, refusing to release the names of the officers involved. Alongi and Cianfrocco’s names were first publicly identified by the Attorney General’s Office when they released officer body camera footage on May 3, 2024. Mayor Adams’ first and only public statements regarding the killing were issued only after the AG released body camera footage, over five weeks after Win was killed, when he was questioned by press. At this time, Mayor Adams falsely claimed that he had reached out to the family after the incident. We know that Commissioner Tisch was not the NYPD commissioner when Win was killed, however we’re concerned that the family has not heard any substantive response to their June 2025 letter inquiring about the FID investigation, in spite of multiple attempts to follow-up.

While the family has no idea whether the FID ever completed their investigation, they do know that the CCRB did and that the CCRB’s board followed the facts to substantiate eight allegations of misconduct (four against each officer, including excessive force and abuse of authority) that have since been filed with the

NYPD.

Our request is simple: Since the CCRB was able to complete their investigation and their board substantiated charges with sufficient time for the NYPD to serve CCRB’s charges on the officers within the 18-month timeframe, we respectfully request that you ensure that the CCRB’s charges are served on time, without delay or obstruction – by Friday September 26, 2025.

We know that the NYPD has the ability to serve charges on officers within 1-2 days of filing. There is no reasonable justification to fail to serve the CCRB-substantiated charges on Alongi and Cianfrocco by September 26th. The NYPD Commissioner still has the power to make the final decision on disciplinary outcomes. We urge you to not play politics to unfairly shield officers from disciplinary proceedings. We call on you to allow the CCRB disciplinary prosecution of these officers to move forward without delay or obstruction, so that New Yorkers and Win’s family do not have to wait another year for closure and action.

Sincerely,

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso

Senator Jabari Brisport, Senate District 25

Senator Cordell Cleare, Senate District 30

Senator Natalia Fernandez, Senate District 34

Senator Kristen Gonzalez, Senate District 59

Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Senate District 47

Senator Robert Jackson, Senate District 31

Senator John Liu, Senate District 16

Senator Gustavo Rivera, Senate District 33

Senator Julia Salazar, Senate District 18

Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, Assembly District 74

Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, Assembly District 34

Assembly Member Steven Raga, Assembly District 30

Assembly Member Karines Reyes, Assembly District 87

Assembly Member Claire Valdez, Assembly District 37

Council Member Alexa Avilés, Council District 38

Council Member Chris Banks, Council District 42

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers, Council District 31

Council Member Tiffany Cabán, Council District 22

Council Member Carmen de la Rosa, Council District 10, co-vice chair of Progressive Caucus

Council Member Jennifer Gutierrez, Council District 34, co-vice chair of Progressive Caucus

Council Member Shahana Hanif, Council District 39, co-chair of Progressive Caucus

Council Member Crystal Hudson, Council District 35, co-chair of NYC Council Black, Latino, Asian Caucus

Council Member Rita Joseph, Council District 40

Council Member Shekar Krishnan, Council District 25

Council Member Farah N. Louis, Council District 45

Council Member Christopher Marte, Council District 1, vice co-chair of NYC Council Black, Latino, Asian Caucus

Council Member Sandy Nurse, Council District 37, co-chair of Progressive Caucus

Council Member Chi Ossé, Council District 36

Council Member Lincoln Restler, Council District 33

Council Member Kevin Riley, Council District 12, co-chair of NYC Council Black, Latino, Asian Caucus

Council Member Pierina Sanchez, Council District 14

Council Member Althea Stevens, Council District 16, secretary of NYC Council Black, Latino, Asian Caucus

Council Member Nantasha Williams, Council District 27, treasurer of NYC Council Black, Latino, Asian Caucus

Council Member Julie Won, Council District 26, vice co-chair of NYC Council Black, Latino, Asian Caucus

cc: Dr. Mohammad Khalil and Jonathan Darche, Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)