Fuchs v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Katherine A. Levine, J.

This case raises the issue of whether the City of New York is immune from liability when a patrol officer operating a vehicle closely pursues a traffic violator at high speed and in the wrong direction without contacting the police dispatcher. For the reasons set forth below this court finds that the City is immune.

On September 26, 2010, at around 10:30 p.m., Police Officer (P.O.) Cuenca (driver) and P.O. Flores, both members of the New York City Police Department, were on patrol traveling in the eastern direction on Empire Boulevard when they…