Floyd v. City of New York

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

1. INTRODUCTION

In this civil-rights action, plaintiffs allege, among other things, that the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) requires rank and file officers — under threat of adverse employment consequences leveled by their superiors — to stop, question, and frisk specific numbers of individuals. Plaintiffs further contend that such mandatory quotas lead to unconstitutional racial profiling by officers, which is the gravamen of plaintiffs’ complaint. The City of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly,…