NYC Will Not Represent NYPD Officer Who Chased and Crashed into Quad-Style Motorbike

NYC Will Not Represent NYPD Officer Who Chased and Crashed into Quad-Style Motorbike by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 15 – A Bronx man who was riding a "quad-style motorbike" when an NYPD patrol car chased him without siren on, he says, and crashed into the bike causing injuries sued the police officers and the City.   He filed notice of claim and then a lawsuit under 42 USC 1983.   On June 15 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis J. Liman held a proceeding in the case. Inner City Press covered it.   The City's lawyer said she is representing all of the named defendants except one: the officer who was driving the police car. She said the City wrote to the officer in May - "by first class mail" - and also informed his union rep.   Judge Liman told the plaintiff's lawyer to file for a certificate of default against the officer by June 22.    Press emails to NYPD's DPCI have gone unreturned.  The case is Valdez v. The City of New York, et al., 1:25-cv-7610 (Liman) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com