Criminal justice advocates and Win Rozario’s family want Mayor Zohran Mamdani to go deeper on a set of police reforms he introduced on Monday, which he said were an “obligation” to the Queens teen and his family.
Mamdani announced new reforms to the NYPD’s use-of-force policies and practices in response to the department’s mishandling of the Rozario case – an officer involved in the teen’s shooting was improperly allowed to retire while still under investigation by both the NYPD and the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
However, criminal justice advocates who have represented the Rozario family since his death in a 2024 shooting involving NYPD officers said this week that the mayor’s new reforms aren’t enough…